Hi Blind community, First time posting, please forgive me if I miss any etiquette :) My friend recently got a verbal offer from Amazon as L5 TPM (HW), in Bay Area. But recruiter did not provide a number, instead is asking her TC expectation. Wondering what should be the range/expectation? Current position: Sr. TPM at Lam Research Current TC: ~170k (143k base + ~20% Bonus/LTI) YOE: 8 yrs (5 yrs as Design Engineer + 3 yrs as TPM) Heard the interview performance was just borderline average. She's not expecting a top offer but don't want to be low-ball either. Thanks Blind Community in advance.
235k tc
The offer shouldn’t be tied to interview performance in my opinion. Also if the interview was average, she wouldn’t get an offer - the interview panel as a whole felt she is better than 50% of Amazon L5 TPMs. So, she did well. She should target top of the L5 band total comp. it’s about 220k in Seattle. Bay Area is a premium market. So targeting 250k ish makes better sense. Good luck.
Watch out the WLB…
200k tc