How is the work and office life at A9, in the Palo Alto office? What work do interns there generally get? Does it have a startup culture or is it similar to Amazon? Does it have a similar frugal nature as Amazon? Is the pay scale different from Amazon? Do you have a cafeteria for (paid) lunches? Gym? Any other benefits? No tc and 0 yoe. Sorry.
I interned there last summer. Wlb is generally decent, most likely better than amazon. I worked on distributed systems but quite frankly I didn't find my project that interesting. Ymmv. Cons: A9 pretty much lost everything unique to it. When I was there, they got integrated back into amazon. PTO got worse because it became Amazon's. Pay structure is pretty much the same as amazon. They do pay new grads slightly higher than amazon in the bay area. Palo alto is expensive and just getting a decent lunch requires at least 13 bucks. No cafeteria so you need to eat at the local restaurants. Snacks and drinks went downhill and is meh, but better than just bananas at amazon. If you had to join amazon I would recommend a9 but there are obviously companies that pay better and treat their employees better without all the frugality bs. Let me know if you have any questions
HouseBezos said there's a cafeteria and you need to buy your own lunch, so I assumed you buy your lunch in the cafeteria. What kind of a project was it? Experimental? Were you the only one working on it? Was it shipped to production? It's an internship and the other offer I have is vmware. The A9 teams seem much better than the general Amazon ones. What uniqueness did A9 lose after the integration? Thank you! :)
Overall I agree but snacks are the same. And I don't think PTO changed due to California law. I specifically asked this question to my director. The cafeteria is more like a lounge where you buy food outside and bring it back to eat with coworkers.
My project was a prototype and it got put into production. If it's vmware vs a9, I would probably go with a9. Smart people there and you'll learn a lot. Hiring bar might be lower now because they need to do amazons dumb leadership principle. I think new grad tc this year was 165-170k.
That sounds great..I'm inclined towards A9 as well. Do you have any idea about the breakdown of TC for new grads? If it's a part of Amazon, and people get hired there through Amazon, how could the pay be possibly different?
How did you get an offer from a9? When I interviewed last year, they had a separate hiring pipeline than amazon. 2 phone interviews with the second one being with the manager of the team you would be joining. If you got into a9 through Amazon's generic 2 oa + 1 virtual, there's a pretty good chance tc at a9 will be similar to Amazon's.
A9 bar is higher than headquarters but wlb is also better? Doesn't make sense
Guys, any idea on ‘Inventory Forecasting and Pricing team ‘ and the ‘Analytics Data Platform (ADP)’ teams. Also, what are the pros and cons of POC kinda projects
I've been here for almost 2 years. It's great but there's a lot of issues I personally face. 1. Some buildings suck. The 2 Lytton buildings near the Caltrain are the best. The other 2 suck. 2. Too much growth. In 2 years the team+org quadrupled. 3. Good wlb...but you don't get paid extra for oncall like G or FB. Sometimes work can be a pain. 4. Compensation model is not good long term. We have good things like our own "cafeteria" with snacks but you need to buy your own lunch. There are monthly social events. There's parking that can be expensed and downtown PA is prime area.
Awesome! I have no problem with paying for lunch, as long as I have an option to. The compensation model you described, is the same as Amazon, isn't it? Any idea what the SFO24 building is? And why do some buildings suck? When you say good wlb, how is it different from amazon otherwise? Any idea what kind of work interns get there?
Strong performing interns are treated like Kings. They will have a lot of lunchouts and will get to work on exciting high profile projects...weak ones will still have work but we won't be too enthusiastic. It's way more relaxed compared to what I read on Blind.