Hi all, I am currently working in Amazon Hyderabad as l5. I have an offer to move to seattle with tc as 180k . Recently i got an offer from google Bangalore for l3 with tc around 40 lakh INR. Amazon offer looks really good in terms of current salary but people have suggested me to prioritize my career by moving to Google. #googleamazon
+1 to google
+1 more to google. If you have a spouse, their opinion is probably relevant too. Moving halfway across the world is a big life change, G vs A should really be the least of your considerations with this
You can always move internally
L5 180k is pretty meh salary. You'd be on L1 visa so can't switch employer soon. See if Google has a policy for international transfers and then prioritize that.
L5 is SDE II at Amazon and L3 is new grad/fresher. Why would you consider a downlevel? Serious question
Take Bangalore offer and Seattle offer no good for your life
Amazon will file for H1 as soon as you join here. You can then interview for Google after getting H1. Finally it depends on whether you want to be in India or come here. 180K is low for your experience but that is what all companies do to L1 folks. However it is more than sufficient to live here.
H1 lottery is not guaranteed though. He might be stuck at Amazon for years, even if he doesn't like it.
Everyone suggesting you to not come to Seattle are already in the US. Don't listen to them on US cons. No one from US will move to India if you present them the option. Salary is low but consider this, Amazon will file your H1B and then you can switch. Or you can get 1 TT rating and your salary will increase. Why would you not work in a HQ as SDE-2 and take remote Google office with a downlevel? Forget Google, you will get lot of high paying jobs once on H1B
Dont come here. Google india is better any day. Seattle is shit weather and US is expensive in the longer run
Lol at weather. Do you know Air Quality Index of Bangalore and Seattle? Have you lived in Bangalore? It has REAL traffic more than any US city, not "too much traffic" complain of Seattle level which is not even close to Bay Area or New York.
I dont want anyone to come to US. Do MS here and then get a job.
Op, I am one of those who has friends who moved from Google blr and I can tell you pros and cons: Pro of Google blr job: 1) you will save more or same as what you earn in US. 2) no immigration shit. If you are married, your spouse works - your best bet is come in l1a and get eb1c. Everything else is shit. You will die waiting for GC. Current wait times is 150 years, literally a denial for being born in India, even though you have nothing to do with it. Your spouse can't work and will become depressed and everything goes south. 3) never miss family. 4) lots of household help Cons(pro US not necessarily pro amzn) 1) low pollution. 2) work - projects - widening horizons in terms of skills. 3) pay - 3x than India but expense is more, so savings become roughly similar. will go back after sometime is hard if you have kids and family. Your life situation will change. So don't bank on it.
Yeah don’t come to us on h1b instead come on l1a. I came to us 14 years ago on h1b and still on it. My friends recently came to us (3-4 years ago) as managers and have green cards.
I am sorry but how are savings roughly similar? Please spill out the details because mine show a 3x saving increase. As a data point: my base is around 160k and I save roughly 4l per month.
Stay at India, Seattle is a bit expensive and Amazon will be much more demanding