CompensationNov 26, 2019
Qualcommhumblebrag

Amazon SDE I TC Evaluation

Amazon Seattle Do I have any room to negotiate? Im very happy with the offer, but articles say “always negotiate, always”. Im happy with not, but should I anyways? And if so what should I ask for? TC: 194k Base: 112k Stock: 4k (80k over 4 yrs) SO: 26k yr1 Relocation: 7k Job specific bonus: 45k EDIT: Yoe is 1 internship, newgrad with B.S I anticipate WLB to be hell for this comp lol

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GE whybruh Nov 26, 2019

Is job specific bonus due to security clearance? If so, you can probably negotiate and ignore it for negotiations

Qualcomm humblebrag OP Nov 26, 2019

It is, so for negotiations pretend that the clearance bonus isn’t there?

GE whybruh Nov 26, 2019

Yeah. Treat your tc as 149 and negotiate it up. The bonus is reward for clearance. I got salary up to 138 for my sde 1. They might not bite without competing offer though

Adobe abocyj Nov 26, 2019

This offer for SDE1 ? Cannot believe that. Is it ML ?

Qualcomm humblebrag OP Nov 26, 2019

Not ML, has a bit of a dual role responsibility

Adobe abocyj Nov 26, 2019

Sorry I misread the base compensation

WeWork wenoworks Nov 26, 2019

You could ask for better base salary... I hear 120 is usually the base for sde1

Qualcomm humblebrag OP Nov 26, 2019

Even in Seattle? I’ve seen online anywhere from 105-117

WeWork wenoworks Nov 26, 2019

Yeah... Negotiating on base is always better.

Microsoft eito36 Nov 26, 2019

great year 1 TC for SDE 1. Higher than some SDE2s. year 2 will be around 140? base is super low though. you have to give back relo if you leave within two years. job specific bonus - is it prorated? what’s the give back policy? If you don’t have a better offer, I’d take and leave within a year

Qualcomm humblebrag OP Nov 26, 2019

I didn’t know that about the relocation, I couldn’t really find anything that said contingencies on relocation. No give back on the bonus, quarterly bonus. TC year 2 will have 22 SO and the same other bonus

Microsoft eito36 Nov 26, 2019

oh so the job specific bonus is over two years?

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h0r4y Nov 26, 2019

You can add more for base. You can probably ask for 130K base and more SO bonus. What's your YOE? A few months ago AWS offered me 130K + 30K first year SO, and 85K rsu for 4 years, and I told them No. So they can definitely offer better than your numbers.

Qualcomm humblebrag OP Nov 26, 2019

I’m 0yoe, just an internship. I’m newgrad. Is asking for that fair for newgrad?

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h0r4y Nov 26, 2019

Why do you care about fairness? The important part is that you get the maximum benefit. Not like Amazon has ever played fair with anyone. Don't be naive. Maximize what you deserve. Amazon doesn't care about their employees. You should take advantage of them. Plus, that company makes so much money, do you think they care about a few thousand dollars? Considering how stingy or frugal they are, I actually don't know.

Alcon CVrK83 Feb 22, 2020

what is WLB?