Promoted to L8 (director software dev) in Q1. Single threaded owner for my charter (engineering, science, product) with a 250+ people org. Leadership has confidence in me, I have a solid team and a clear growth path in my role but the stress levels are high and I don’t see that changing. I want to be optimize for WLB and maintain my comp even if it slows down my growth. Should I move out of Amazon? If yes, which companies / orgs / roles would provide a better WLB? TC: 700k YoE: 20 #Career #wlb #tech #seattle
TC for an L8 director seems low? In any case you can potentially take an opportunity within Amazon where you can run a team of around 120 people with couple L7. This way you can reduce the scope and also help with stress.
promo TC at amazon is bad, even for L8s it seems
“Leadership has confidence in me” I’m glad you have confidence in yourself
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i read this as tech dictator. but yes you should. you can get 1-1.5 million externally ie 68 at msft
+1, if you can get in MS then that’s awesome. To get you at partner, you need a strong connection though. You can probably make more money or equal even at 67.
1) yep def move out. TC is kinda low, as others have said too 2) since you said you're not happy about Amzn culture either, have you done anything to change it?
Facebook as D1 / D2. We have a lot of managers from Amazon who joined in the last year or so. D1 TC - 1.3+ million. FB however needs ex- Amazon folks like a hole in the head.
WLB doesn’t come with money. What is motivating you to look outside Amazon? money/passion to be a servant leader/ WLB ?. Being at L8 role i hope you already have good idea on what kind of role you want to take in the future. If Amazon culture is not that great what efforts you put there to change it
amazon L8s are the opposite of servant leaders
Move to LinkedIn… great WLB
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I dont have any suggestions for you. Move out of amazon if you want, but please don't take that amazon culture with you to other companies.
I’m not a fan either - part of the reason to move out
You’re not a fan but you must’ve acted like a fan to get promoted to L8 in that toxic culture. Which to believe?