Hi community! I have received an offer for SDE1 at Amazon (non-bay area/NYC) I interviewed for SDE2 but got offered SDE1. TC $178k avg for the first two years I have explicitly asked for a more base salary and was explained that my bonus/RSUs was brought down because of a high base when presenting the offer. Here is the breakdown: Base:$145k Sign On: $29.5k - 1st year / $26.5k - 2nd year RSUs: 24 (standard 5/15/40/40 vesting over 4 years) Relocation: standard relocation package when moving after COVID (not included in TC) prev experience: 2.5 years in no-name startup and contracting Current TC: rotten peanuts This is my initial offer. I am assuming this is top of the band SDE1 comp for non-bay area/NYC. I was also told that I am eligible for performance eval/ comp adjustment in April 2021. The issue is part of my mind is saying I should ask for more RSUs thinking I may be losing out on the future stock appreciation of AMZN, while another part is saying just accept the offer as it is. I am hesitant to negotiate as I have no other offer in hand. Any suggestions regarding negotiation are appreciated!
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What division of Amazon?
Stock is too low. Base is really good
Why is amazon vesting so shit?
You might get screwed on promo with base that high. When Amazon promotes your base will go to the next level's minimum, which for Seattle is already around 145k. Depending how the stock appreciation goes, you might end up with a very small pay raise for promo because they just try to bring you into bottom of the next pay band.
Thanks for the insight! I’m worried about it too, thinking that high base may effect adversely in future. Do you suggest negotiating for higher RSUs/bonus allowing my current base to take a hit?
145 base for SDE1 is too good I guess.