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No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
In 2025 Amazon will be cutting compensation targets. A 25% RSU cut has been confirmed. 😔
EDIT 4 (8/1) : Updated for a few more roles. EDIT 3 (6/28) : Based on multiple comments/feedback, these appear to be accurate for internal candidates. The external offers can be higher and would require approvals before they can be rolled out. I updated some bands but haven’t been able to find the...Read more
An old manager from a previous job went to Amazon and is inviting me to apply for a role under his team. I will have a recruiter screen this week and need to share my comp expectations. I see from the job postings that base salary for IC6 is up to $180k and manager 6 is up to $210k in Seattle, but ...Read more
Cash is king. Most companies make you take extreme stock market risk when you start and you can end up in a Meta style stock crash right after you join cutting your TC by 40% instantly with no recourse on your part to renegotiate comp. At Amazon you are paid first 2 years mostly in cash which guaran...Read more
Steps to increase your TC by 50% to 100% 1. Quit amazon as an eligible re-hire 2. Have good connection with your manager at amazon and ask them not to backfill your position in the next 3 to 4 months 3. Re apply to the position you left within 3 to 4 months and if possible you can ask your Amazon ma...Read more
How much we can negotiate for Amzn sde3 compensation? I am offered 200 stock, $145k base, and 120k bonus. Coming down to $285k / month.
L6 individual contributor I knew that TC could be affected by stock value, but hoped I would get more RSUs to meet my new hire Target Comp, based on the company's own value projection. Instead, after a very good annual review, I see that my year 3 comp locks me into a 12% reduction, based on the ne...Read more
Amazonians are soon going to recieve their compensation statements and are going to realize Amazon has reduced compensation significantly this year. Now they're going to give half the usual $ value of RSUs so employees don't benefit from the depressed stock price. Basically your compensation bands a...Read more
I have upcoming interview at Amazon. Recruiter has asked me for expected comp. What is good break down for external hire in Seattle area. Sde2 in AWS org. TC: 0 Yoe: 4 #aws #amazonaws #amazon
Everywhere and everyone talks about SDE bands Can anyone share new QAE bands #amazon #compensation #qae #salary
For those who joined in 2nd half of year, does 4th year comp always goes as bad as mine? My joining anniversary is in Oct, and 6months stocks get bested in Apr & Oct. So, these are counted as the comp for ongoing year from Apr-Mar of next year. It feels like Oct this year to Mar next year is not c...Read more
Expecting an offer from Amazon for a L6 or L5 Sr. BIE role. What can I can expect the TC breakdown to be like for both Bay Area & Seattle? Any leads much appreciated 🙏 TIA YOE - 8 Current TC - 175K Bay Area 165K base + 5k RSUs + 5k bonus #tech #amazon #dataanalytics #datascience #data
I am currently an L4 and my manager is helping with preparing docs for my promo in Q2. I got exceeds expectations in my reviews but got no comp change maybe due to the new Amazon policy this year. Trying to understand if that will impact comp changes during promo as well? Any insights on what can ...Read more
hello community! i have an offer from amazon for L7 Principle PM role. Can someone please tell me the breakdown of RSUs, Cash and Base pay? #amazon #compensation #pm #l7
I’m a (recently promoted) L7 PMT at Amazon and a former manager is recruiting me to Meta. I’m curious about comp difference between: Amazon L7 Principle PMT (current 2024 comp expected 415k, due to recent promo, expecting ~500k in 2025) Meta L6 I checked Levels.fyi and it’s not accurate for Amazo...Read more
Got the shittiest offer at Amazon for L7 PMT role. TC - 530k I wanted to puke on it. What’s generally the range for this role? I said I had competing offers in the rage 580-660k and the recruiter said its take it or leave it. Any thoughts?
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Got offered the following offer for a L5 position at Seattle Base 150k Rsu: 240 units vests over 4 years (5/15/40/40) Signon 80k + 65k Is this offer reasonable? Not many datapoints for applied scientist roles on blind. My experience is a phd with a 1 year university post-doc. Thanks
I recently got a L5 offer in Amazon (yoe: 7 years, location: Vancouver, Canada). I was checking levels.fyi for salary ranges and seemed like the band is pretty wide, ranging from $180k to $290k CAD. Given that, I'm pretty sure I will have to negotiate my way up. But at the same time I don't wanna ...Read more