I have 16 YOE in engineering. Prior joining Amazon I primarily have non FANG experience so I was down leveled to L6 when I actually applied for L7. I worked very hard in 2022 and 2023 and I was on path to L7 with my promo document ready and also verbal Promise from my leadership to get me to L7 in ...Read more
I recently noticed that I no longer see Alexa promos on Amazon app. No more deals on Alexa Ring or Microwave? Anyone notice the same? #amazon
How long it generally takes for l5 to l6 promotion in alexa and aws. Which org will be better for learning and growth ? If considering overall which one is the best team to join in Amazon ? Tc : 60L Yoe : 3yrs
Am I the only one who thinks prime day is extremely over hyped and is good for nothing but shitty budget products and the promotion of Alexa devices?
I have been seeing posts about ML Applied Scientist positions in OCI. I am currently at Alexa, in a group I like but few growth prospects (a lot of people fighting for few promotions). Is OCI good? How is the stability and compensation compared to Amazon? #oracle #alexa #oci
Given offers and same TC, which company you would work for in 2019 after their stocks crash. I care about wlb, comp and teams in that order. Not so much about promotion and competition. Facebook: Infra team (heard horrible thing about wlb but learning scope looks good) Apple: Apple Media Products...Read more
Is this org based mainly in New York? How are the projects in New York for advertising in general? How is it in comparison to the work in Alexa or AWS? Is it true that projects there dont have visibility and promotions are difficult?
Have two options to interview for either Alexa or Ec2 team for a senior dev role. Would like to get perspective of others on which one to select and any comparison of wlb, promotion velocity, any other things. Tc:300K 7yoe
Hi, Joined Amazon Alexa a year ago as AS L5. Honestly, work got bit boring and I am thinking of switching over to another team / org. I was wondering if there are any recommendations people have as to switching too soon which might impact my career down the line / promotions etc? Part of me tells m...Read more
Looking to transfer internally to Alexa Excellence after recent promotion. Their tech stack seems interesting, and given that my current org is not much into using AWS services, will be a bit of learning curve, but promising for career growth
Last quarter 2 of our team mates left the team of total 18 people because of pip , both were having 15+ experience. Senior manager hired 4 engineers in past quarter. Now they put 2 more pople in dev plan. So total 4 people in a team of apprx 20 in 1 year. The pople in safe zone are .. 2 PM, 1 TPM...Read more
I survived 5 years. Two promotions (Financial analyst intern, Business Analyst, Product Manager, Product Manager 2). 6 managers. 3 teams. Teams: Amazon Prime Now Amazon Marketplace Alexa Shopping TC went from 76k to 205k in 5 years. Learned a ton. Launched really cool project. Amazon made me a su...Read more
I studied linguistics in grad school and would love to work in this field, and also am looking to get out of Rakuten. A job listing from Amazon came into my inbox and it was right up my alley: language transcription for Alexa development. So I'm applying for it - took the practice test, took the ps...Read more
A good team for me would be with almost no/less chances of layoffs. As the teams that were not much impacted by recent layoffs. A supportive manager and helpful teammates. WLB can be managed but would be better if it fluctuates and they have easy days too. I don’t have much experience and looking fo...Read more
Hi I am from Apple in the Bay Area. i recently interviewed at Amazon for a Sr. PM-T role in Alexa. The recruiter reached back stating i was down leveled and now its a PM-T down leveled to L5 role got the offer. 145k 70k bonus split 2 yrs and 100 rsus. I have 11years of experience.I am excited abo...Read more
Every major layoff currently is because of the reason as - "hired too many people" and "not seeing the same impact" as the number of people they have. Both of these are related to empire building by Middle Managers. It is a universal metric in all big tech that for a manager promotion - they need m...Read more
Hi All, Please help me decide between the two offers. Amazon - L4 SDE-1, Alexa Smart Home, India Base: 22 LPA JB: 7 LPA first year + 7 LPA second year RSU: 7 units (5-15-40-40) Relocation: 1.5 LPA Microsoft - L60, India Base: 22 LPA JB: 4 LPA RSU: 50k USD (25% per year) Relocation: 3.86 LPA Annual...Read more
I’m planning to leave Google and join Amazon as an L5(SDE-2) as Amazon is offering me 2x of what I’m currently making at Google. I’m up for promo (L3-L4) in next 2-3 months at Google and that too won’t increase my compensation by much as I’ll get the lower band of what an L4 makes. My plan is to j...Read more
It seems like once someone become a manager in Amazon he has the liberty to do what ever he wants and no-one is on top of him. Before leaving Alexa group in Amazon, I was reporting to dumb, arrogant and technically unfit manager. Most of the time he used to be in unconscious state and use abusive l...Read more
Hi all, I am a fresh grad PhD(0 YOE) in Machine Learning and I want to seek some advice on two offers I received recently. I interned at FB(that's why I have this account) and got a return full time offer, I also received a full time offer from Amazon, both have the title of Research Scientist. Com...Read more