Has been stuck at Amazon L4 SDE after 4 yrs in industry (2yr small company and 2yr Amazon). Some re-org made me temporarily under a racist manager last year and he back stabbed my forte so no growth last year and this year pretty much no TC growth due to stock price even with a good forte. Current m...Read more
After submitting the forte reviews, What are the next steps after that. Also does the forte reviews affect compensation or stock awards? #tech
My wife is livid with me cause I got what she considers a low ball offer from Apple. It’s 400k, not including the 90 sign on. My comp at Amazon is bad right now due to stock drop, but was 490 during forte. How can I deal with this? She just tears me down making me feel like I’m falling behind.
I've been at Amazon based out of Boston for ~1.5 years as an L4 SDE. Got TT this past Forte cycle which bumped me Base: $112k -> $140k Stock: $22k (taking into account new stock price 🥜) My TC for the 2022 cycle was $162k What should I expect for my promotion which is slated for Q4? Has anyone
Data scientist, Yoe 5y, 1.5y at AWS. Got my forte review today as “achieves”. - super demotivated. Manager said there will be no annual stock refresh or bonus. Current project gives me nightmares. Bank account cash balance 1 million. If I wait till June I can vest additional 15 RSUs but need to ...Read more
My fellow Amazonians, I got exceeds in Forte. Before anyone comments I can be HV and Forte rating is not my true rating, I want to acknowledge that I am aware of that. However, manager said he wants to propose me for promotion to L5. My story - My manager recently left so I am directly reporting to...Read more
I wanted to aim for Promo Q4 this year but my manager outright said no. He said 1.5 YOE is not enough for Promo. He said perhaps Q1 2023 but it would be better to wait for Q2 2023 Promo because compensation is better. He said if I get promoted at Q1, then forte is evaluated at L5 level and there's ...Read more
Hi! Recently I had an on-site interview at Google and my recruiter told me I did it good, but before continuing with the process he needs to know the compensation I'm looking for. Personally I think I did it good but not wonderful. I'm a developer with 10 yoe and my forte is iOS with 7 yoe, but I'...Read more
I received a needs improvement rating Working on LC and have a few interviews lined up But just curious what will be the base pay I'm hearing even if your rating is bad base pay is increasing to keep it market competitive Is it true? PS Only thing I need improvement majorly is my delivery, my peer...Read more
I am a recently promoted L5 BIE and was given just 5% raise saying that I already had almost 10% promo raise in q4. My total comp for the L5 BIE is around 140k which includes 8-9 stocks vesting each year until 2024. My Forte was MHB and SH. Now after the downfall of Amazon stocks, my tc is not even ...Read more
I asked my manager who is TT / Exceeds Expectation in our team and he replied I am not allowed to know and declined. I am the Senior most person in the team in terms of tenure and have the most experience with the service we own. Everyone in my team reaches out to me for help. I have to fix their c...Read more
Hi, I joined Amazon as a new grad software engineer in August 2019 (recruited/interviewed/hired via student programs). I ended up being placed in a reasonably well growing AWS service team. My offer signed Aug 2019: 108k base salary, 24k first year bonus and 20k second year bonus, 70k in RSU. Stock...Read more
Hey guys! What is the band range for level 6 for BIE and Data Engineer roles? Background: I had a great year which showed both in my forte feedback and money i saved for Amazon. However my comp did not show any growth except for stock appreciation which was minimal. I was not offered any additio...Read more
I was hired as a new grad at a very low TC at Amazon in Seattle for a SDE-1 role (comparing with other engineers at the same location, same company, same position). I requested my manager to look into it and received positive responses. Even though my performance was good and I had positive forte fe...Read more
Hey all. I have been trying to go through all the existing posts but there is just too much information. I am trying to figure out if I am at the right comp, and how to adjust to the new changes with respect to PM vs PMT. Some info first: Location is Seattle I was hired on as L5 PM 3 years ago. I ...Read more
I have been with Amazon for 3 Yrs. and moved across 3 teams. I wanted to share few things which I found can help new joiners (who joined even knowing the harsh Amazon culture :)) to survive at Amazon. You will find two kinds of employees here - 1) One who have been here for long and have underst...Read more
Happy to do android interviews, and maybe some leetcode style interviews with the understanding that they’re not my forte. (I can do most LC easy and some medium but it is not always the optimal solution for example) I’m a senior android engineer working at a health tech company with about 7 years ...Read more
L5 SWE $500K TC (not Bay Area) 15YoE I left Amazon several years ago because things were super toxic on my team so I am writing to ask honestly if Amazon is worth returning to. Some of my friends are boomeranging back to Amazon and getting offers in the $550K TC range for L6 SDE, non-Bay Area. Stoc...Read more
I wanted to share my experience, it has ben some time I left Amazon but never shared this on public Blind channel. Many of the things I will say may identify me, but I give a damn. I joined Amazon as L5 Research Scientist, Bay Area in the Alexa team working on screen devices. I wanted to work on c...Read more