I joined Amazon as an SDE 2 (L5) last year for £100k TC (75k base). Coming from the EU and being unemployed at the time, I was quite happy to accept the offer and not too familiar with the London market. Looking at other posts here recently, my current compensation seemed on the low end for London and 9 yoe. Out of curiosity I started interviewing with Meta and another publicly listed company. The latter mentioned during initial recruiter call they could easily offer better than my current TC: at least 100k just as a base salary (without stocks). Compensation aside, I'm quite happy with my current job. I'd probably join Meta though if I manage to get an offer. I also had the Amazon forte review recently and my manager said I can expect "good news" during the compensation adjustment review in April but couldn't share more details yet. How much of a raise can I expect? Is there any chance to negotiate TC if I bring other offers to the table? What TC could I aim for in general (either at Amazon or somewhere else)? Current TC £100k 9 yoe
I did this mistake of getting inspired from blind TC ! With 14+ yoe all I could get in london is around 160k£ - 190k£ ! I couldn’t get past Meta profile screening as they didn’t even consider my 5+ years managerial experience of Lead / Manager / Senior Manager out of 14+ . I was vouching for a Meta M1 and all Feedback I could get after initial resume screening from meta was I didn’t have enough experience !! I am still juggling as in what they mean by enough experience ? Do meta really need 20+ yoe for a M1 Role ? Or they just take M1’s from other Faang ! #Meta
what’s the breakdown?
Hi OP. Do you mind sharing your new salary at Amazon after April increments. I'm just trying to figure out what's the max I can get for L5 in Amazon London
New TC is 115k (90k base)
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75k£ base for 9 yoe in london is not all bad or even on the lower side. That’s how london market is ! Don’t go with blind, it talks about FAANG+ compensation in US Seattle / Bay Area mostly ! Having said that if you get a Meta , yes take it up. Meta is easily the best pay in tech in london !! Else be content and grow with Amazon until you get new TC bump! And then grind LC for a few months and try for FAANG in london ! I would say London market is way different atleast on the tech side !
Yeah that's probably average for London rather than low. I still thought Amazon had competitive compensation although I often receive messages from recruiters for +100k roles. Regarding Meta I understood they offer top of market compensation.