Is it a bad org? I was laid off from coinbase in November and had to take a job at a crappy startup for $105k tc. Finally got interview from a couple companies, including Amazon last mile. I’m happy to finally get a chance to get paid what I’m worth again, but i heard last mile is one of the worse orgs at Amazon. I’m interviewing for SDE 2 so my pay would likely more than double.
I used to work at Last Mile, and I will say the entire org is very mismanaged. Take the job, but move elsewhere asap
I’m looking to stay at my next company at least 2 years :( What’s so bad about the org? How long ago did you work there? Maybe it’s better now?
It depends on your situation if you are ok spending good amount of tome on the and If you are satisfied with pay just take it, you will be ok. It all depends on how much effort you would put.
Your TC would triple. Take it if you don’t get a comparable offer, but be prepared to continue interviewing if it’s a shit show
Tc for 3 yoe is 300k? I thought it’s $220-250k
SDE2 in HCOL (Bay Area/NYC) can definitely get 300k+ even in this market. I am an SDE2, not in HCOL, and I’m around ~250k TC through internal promo. External hire will be higher
Take it , give 6 months and decide if you want to switch internally , DM me if you want to know more
I’ve heard anything with “mile” in it at the zon sucks to work for, but ymmv
Sucks how/why?
I have no first hand experience working with any first/last/middle mile orgs but from what I’ve heard through the grapevine it’s bad wlb and lots of work
Dude you will be overworked like a donkey! Don’t join this org.
Dang is it that bad? My TC would be doubled or even tripled and the market is bad… maybe I could join and transfer to a different org in 6 months?
Are you learning a lot of transferable skills at least?
Last Mile Org is considered a bad one….. so you are choosing a bad Org in a company that’s already known as a toxic abusive management culture and during a year in which the top down mandate is headcount attrition by many many abusive means. In front of the Job Role on the PIP Factory offer letter write the word REPLACEMENT…. because that’s what the name of this role is….. and will be for the next one after you and the next etc. This is not a new role or organic growth - it is not! If you feel that you have to take it due to the TC then carefully examine that factor. The PIP Factory TC package is well known as a bait-and-switch poisoned chalice. The offer has a capped base cash pay component and the remaining RSU component is back-end loaded over a five year period and the 401K match is capped very low and does not vest until the third year. Also the joining and relocation packages have a ratioed clawback if exiting in the first two years. All of this is part of the Frugality LE-adership Principle, since half of all new hires are out within the first year and average tenure is only eighteen months…. in my Corp HQ building the attrition was heavier than this. ….. and - once again - even in this bad bad place the Last Mile Org is recognized as baaaad.
I hear all you’re saying but I’m currently being taken advantage of, making $100k with 3 years of experience and few companies are hiring. If I can survive 2 years at Amazon I can pocket $400k and hopefully transition to a more relaxed, decent paying company afterwards. At least, that’s my hope and goal
I also have interviews at juniper square and google, hoping those go well
Take the offer. You can always move to another org in amazon in a few months.
Oh cool. I’m also interviewing with google and they were saying it’s hard to transfer internally these days. Is it the same case with Amazon? I also heard it’s possible for the manager at Amazon to block transfer and put you on focus if you apply to transfer internally
1. G > Amazon 2. Internal transfers depend on role availability. So as more roles open up, it’s easy to find one and move 3. Not really. It’s the other way around. If you are in a dev plan, you cannot move internally. Managers putting people on Dev plan because they apply to other roles is rare (contrary to what you see here on blind).