Are they comparable? Just cleared interview, TC to be negotiated. What should be TC for Bay area? Which one is better?
TC: Google Annual bonus: Google Bigger signon: Amazon Wlb: Google Shuttle: Google 401k: Google Free food: Google Free bananas: Amazon. Oh wait, Google has that too.
Google L5 > Amazon L6. You're getting a massive level bump. Check out levels.fyi, most L5 at Google would interview for L7 at Amazon
Well true. Google does offer perks and WLB. That said, Google is an Engg driven company and PMs are usually found reacting to whims and wishes of SDEs and SDMs. PM holds much more authority over product than Engg do. Also, the ownership of product is far superior. All what is stated by others is true when you compare Engg roles. But, Quality of challenge and level of work is far superior for an L6 PM than L5 at google. If you want an easy life do go to google. But if you want to work and learn like a true scrappy startup and get 2 years of experience in 1 year come to Amazon. I see this as one huge learning opportunity. Regarding Total comp - Our policies on prima facia does sound worse than google. But if you see how we give stocks and what stocks have done in past 5 years, you will know why Amazon is competitive if not better.
Definitely Google, do not hesitate a second. Life at Amazon will be insane: disrespect from SDMs and SDEs who want to do their own thing and think you are nobody; leadership who wants you to deliver everything yesterday; never ending politics; work 24/7, you will have no time/energy left for anything else. Also, you will have no further career growth. L7 is high at Amazon, and getting there will be ridiculously hard, so you will be stuck at L6 for years. And as others have already commented, benefits are much better at Google. So, no matter how you look at it (short-term, long-term), Google is definitely a better choice.
You moved to MSFT?
GoAlexa mentioned challenge. You will not be challenged, you will be brutally used. And in 7 months you will realize that your have 0 time for anything besides work, your sleep is gone, and your health is deteriorating. You will want "freedom" way before your stock vests.
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You need to share what teams. The range for these two are wide and L6s at Amazon can be pretty senior that it maps to Google L5. The consensus you’ll get here is Google all the way with high comp even if it can be boring, while Amazon has lots of crappy teams and poor WLB. However, if you find the right team, you’ll optimize your learning at Amazon. I’ll let others speak for Bay Area comp but it’s insufficient to say which is better just by level and company.
Google every day, if you want to do good work while not feeling like killing your self every now and then due to toxicity of Amazon Bozos.