Amazon L7 Vs FB M1

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UnknownXX

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UnknownXX
Oct 18, 2021 38 Comments

Currently L6 SDM at Amazon expecting promo to L7 by Q3 2022. I have FB M1 offer. Need help to decide which is best career move and why ?

Current TC: 500k
New TC: 650k
YoE: 10

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  • Amazon
    GTFOorNo

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    GTFOorNo
    Take M1, and try to rock it for 12 months. If you see a promo path at FB stay, if not, you can boomerang back as an L7 for 750-800k. Promo to L7 will not move your comp in 2022 or 2023 so this one is an easy decision. And as Ehad above notes, L7 promos often take 2 tries so could easily be 2023 before that happens.
    Oct 18, 2021 14
    • Amazon
      yVIx14

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      yVIx14
      That’s helpful. And when you got the offer, you told your manager that you have an offer for $x but you preferred to stay? Is that how that went? Trying to get a rough idea… also, would be great if you can share how many reports you had at that time, rough number is fine…
      Oct 21, 2021
    • Amazon
      GTFOorNo

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      GTFOorNo
      You got it. Had to share details of offer of course. And, obviously, I was prepared to leave and take the offer, but I genuinely did prefer my role at Amazon to the other two offers I had. I had around a 20 person team at the time as I recall.
      Oct 21, 2021
  • Snap
    Ehad31

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    Ehad31
    Take the M1. Your current TC isn’t gonna change with the L7 promo and it’ll take 2 years after promo to be considered for an L7 somewhere else most likely. 3 years to realize the benefit of the promo, while if you make a great impact at FB M1 you could boomerang back into a comfy Amazon L7 new offer.

    Also, promo is never guaranteed. Don’t let them dangle something that isn’t a sure thing.
    Oct 18, 2021 1
  • Apple
    ocean1234

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    Amazon
    ocean1234
    Amazon L7 promos are always dangled for next year for retention of senior L6. Don’t believe any promises on that
    Oct 18, 2021 0
  • Airbnb
    ABNBNB

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    ABNBNB
    It's a downlevel. I got FB M2 as Amazon M1 with above average scope.
    Oct 18, 2021 8
  • Promo is never guaranteed, specially for higher levels. With FB M1 you will also get refreshers stacked on top of your 650k offer so TC will increase each year even with just meeting expectations. But with staying in Amazon it might not happen until you actually get promo (even with promo it takes some time to catch up)
    Oct 18, 2021 1
    • Amazon
      UnknownXX

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      UnknownXX
      OP
      Don’t you think getting L7 Amazon would be more long term gains (money + learning) where FB M1 would be immediate money gain but less of learning ? After end of next 3-4 years, overall Amazon L7 path would put in better place(both money and scope wise) than FB M1 ?
      Oct 18, 2021