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No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
Hi All, I just took my pip severance without attempting the goals of the plan. I don't have another job lined up, although several promising leads. I'm here to answer questions. I was on a dev plan for 60 days, with subjective goals. I worked my ass off to achieve the goals, but upon evaluation, m...Read more
Dreadful email came earlier, still wrapping my head around hope it happened when I was a top . Visa clock running, any help/referrals are appreciated. Looking for roles in strategy, operations, program management, or similar fields. Questions about the layoff ? comment below I’ll answer candidly #...Read more
My recruiter called to tell me he will have an offer to present today. I'm familiar with the base pay cap, sign on bonus, and equity distribution. What are some techniques and levers I can employ effectively to maximize my offer? The position is for a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS. I do not know...Read more
How often do you see people get fired? Does it take a long time to fire someone? What happens to their unvested stock?
Anybody has experience with recent Amazon virtual onsite interviews? It is for AWS EC2. is the interview pattern is same as onsite? 4 Rounds including System Design and Leadership Principles? Any information is appreciated. #amazon #virtualonsite #interview
Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Apple Cloud Infrastructure (ACI)? How does AWS compare to ACI in TC, WLB, oncall, career progression for senior software engineers? TC: bananas YoE: 9 #engineering #software #swe #aws #apple #aci
If you are a new grad, don’t join AWS Aurora team. The following is my friends’ experiences. But I put it in first-person perspective as following: The golden ages for Aurora has past: Coauthors and most experienced managers for Aurora paper have left Aurora team because of constant intra teams pol...Read more
I have tried some AWS services and am getting a bill from AWS. I used to get vouchers promo code when I attended AWS events. But never used those and those got expired. Anyone having an AWS voucher/promo willing to help me?
Hi everyone, I would like to get your help / comments / advice with an offer I just got from AWS. It’s remote but based in Spain, L5 level. I was promised by recruiter that if I get mid-level L5 TC will be around +/- 95k €. However, I was told today that they only want to offer me an entry level pos...Read more
Can anyone give advice on AWS culture? I interviewed for Major Incident Mgr. Appreciate any input on culture, pay and incentives. Thanks
Amazon has frozen hiring in parts of its lucrative web services division. Amazon Web Services has started telling some job candidates that roles they were seeking have been frozen, according to prospective candidates. https://nypost.com/2022/10/24/amazon-freezes-hiring-in-parts-of-lucrative-web-se...Read more
Early stages of the interview process for this team for their Boston office. Wondering if anyone has worked on this team or in the AWS Boston office and has any insight on WLB and work environment.
When I was hired, I was told my entity name was Amazon web services Inc. But when they applied for H1b, they applied through Amazon development Center. Should I update this on the USCIS site? Anyone with the same issue cause I was told this could lead to cases of denial
I am a new grad with ~6 months into my job at AWS. Although my experience has been fairly good so far I for sure know I won’t stay in AWS longer than a year because of WLB and PIP pressure. What should I plan to do in this case? New Grad TC: 170k
Guys, I am development manager at Oracle and I am planning to move out of here, coz, you know, there are so many reasons which I don't want to get into but primarily I get the feeling of being left out after working for a while now on age old technologies. I hear amazing things about AWS and I want...Read more
I received an offer from AWS Trusted Advisor. Pay is better than company A (investment bank) and the profile I have at company A is a mix of machine learning and Software engineering. I am about to graduate next week. I got selected into H1B lottery this week and ironically I received an email from...Read more
I am a new grad hire, joined AWS as a SDE-1 9 months ago, My manager started talking to me harshly in the 1:1s since the end of 3 months of on-boarding/embark plan itself, mostly on why my feature tasks were taking a bit longer, why the LPs are not followed properly and some other shitty reasons. He...Read more
Just received the official offer for an L5 SysDE position at Amazon for $230k TC in Denver. $145k base + $70k stock/signing bonus + $15k bonus Thanks for the encouragement and advice, everyone! YOE: <;3 TC: $120k
More details: https://www.rooftopslushie.com/request/Amazon-Web-Service---Sr-Solution-Architect---Salary-Advice-1206