Tech IndustrySep 26, 2019
FacebookcCzj40

Anybody boomeranged back to Amazon from Facebook?

Joined fb few months back as e6 but except money not really happy with the tech stack and work. Plus with the guy committing suicide I'm feeling a lot of pressure too. I felt so much more confident at Amazon. If anyone went back, did Amazon do a salary match? Is it true you can come back without an interview?

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Lyft mnLj32 Sep 26, 2019

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Amazon anion Sep 26, 2019

You can still go back w/o interview... but to the old position and TC...

Facebook rauxee Sep 26, 2019

Go back as an L7.

Verizon TrE56nz Sep 26, 2019

did someone really commit suicide? wow

yes. Just google it.

Verizon TrE56nz Sep 27, 2019

I googled it and nothing came up in the last few weeks

Facebook YMVM33 Sep 26, 2019

Why do you not feel confident at fb compared to amazon?

Snapchat dIDr15 Sep 26, 2019

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Facebook SuFC36 Sep 26, 2019

I am ex-amazon. I interviewed for amazon. They did match my salary. I am an E4 with TC 230

Amazon OMwD10 Sep 26, 2019

E4 230K. That seems a bit below average. Yoe? Levels.fyi says average is 250K. Just curious

Facebook SuFC36 Sep 26, 2019

4 yrs. Levels FYI contains information that is self reported. People will report their TC if it is higher

Google topCon Sep 26, 2019

Op, what was your Amazon TC and FB TC?

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aflatoon Sep 26, 2019

Maybe you felt confident at Amazon because of the years you had put in there. You knew the ins and outs of everything related to your project. Moving to Fb at E6 you're always supposed to know more stuff than you do. Dig in and hopefully you'll be comfortable here as well

Facebook cCzj40 OP Sep 27, 2019

Yes that is a big part of it. At Amazon I was good at microservices, choosing the right AWS service, java, mentoring juniors. Also had access to mentors. Here all these things are different. During team selection the skip manager said illl be given smaller projects to ramp up, after I chose team he gave me a launch goal which is making me a bit nervous. At Amazon I would happily take this coz I knew ins and outs of basic stuff, here it's very short time to get to know ppl , tech , processes etc.

Amazon qwerty529 Sep 26, 2019

I need to look up the policy so this is my guess if I recall correctly. Within 6 months you dont need an interview. Within 12 months is a modified loop. After 12 it's a full loop. Considering you're external you can boomerang back same level but probably increase TC to match fb

Facebook cCzj40 OP Sep 27, 2019

Thanks