Read in a blind post that Seattle and LA pay are equal. I am planning to move to LA. I haven’t checked with anyone at amazon but wondering if I can expect cost of living adjustment. Thoughts? TC - $250k Sr. PM - T 14 YOE
So what if I move to Bay and move back to Seattle or move to LA? Will the $ value go down?
Your base will go down. RSUs are the same everywhere
Thank you
Move to LA. Just moved to Redmond from LA and it's miserable here. Not sure how you all manage to stave off the depression
Seattle is not Redmond. I love Seattle. Much better transportation infra than LA. Good city vibe!
Redmond is just a another suburb in America. It feels like those towns from the way back where the whole town there works in the same factory. If you hate being surrounded by tech people, Redmond is even worse because it’s literally just MSFT people.
I don’t know about the salary, but I can say one thing, the vibe is much better in LA. There is a bunch of good home grown startups are there.
Slightly off the topic, but why do you want to move to LA when Amazon has limited presence there?
I moved form LA a year ago and I love it there. Seattle is good too. I like where I came from.
Can I ask what's your TC split? I'm an L6 PM with ~200k. Does 250 include stock appreciation too? Apologies for an off topic ask.
$150k and the rest stock. No appreciation included
100k stock vest/year? What was your initial grant?
No cost of living adjustment for LA. Only for the Bay and NY