Offers from Amazon, Google, and possibly Meta, need help

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Apr 8 29 Comments

Offer from Google was a lowball of ~200k L4

Offer from Amazon is a frontloaded average of $385k L6

I think I may have an offer from Meta coming up, but it seems unlikely they will beat Amazon. Should I get ahead of it and tell them what Amazon offered first, or let them make the first move?

I am planning to send the offer to Google and see how well they can do, but not expecting much.

Not sure whether to negotiate anything with Amazon other than attempting to negotiate PTO, bc I’m not going back down to 2 weeks after making 4 weeks for like the past 6 years. I know their culture sucks but this particular team is a bit of a special case. They acknowledged the bad rep and said that they specifically try to insulate their team from the bad culture. I honestly really liked all of the people I talked to.

Is my plan sound? Any other advice?

Thank you so much.

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  • Wayfair / Eng
    BlueCouch

    Go to company page Wayfair Eng

     BlueCouch
    How are you getting L4 from Google but L6 from Amazon? I figured those levels were very different from each other.
    Apr 8 6
    • Wayfair / Eng
      BlueCouch

      Go to company page Wayfair Eng

       BlueCouch
      Principal is principal unless isn't handling principal scope and complexity. Ah well.
      Apr 8
    • New
      KafeKafe

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      KafeKafe
      OP
      Nope I definitely am acting in that role at a large company.
      Apr 8
  • Amazon
    pepsidawg

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    pepsidawg
    Are you sure the amazon offer is L6? It looks low. I would try to push it up closer to 500 if it’s an L6
    Apr 8 9
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      KafeKafe

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      OP
      Thanks, that’s helpful. So it’s definitely worth trying to negotiate up at least to the average for L6
      Apr 9
    • New
      KafeKafe

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      KafeKafe
      OP
      I’m a little confused. I just checked and levels puts an Amazon L6 / SDE3 at an average of 333k. Almost none of them are at or above $500k. Where are you guys getting 500 and 600?
      Apr 11
  • Amazon
    owlmaster

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    owlmaster
    How come 200? Even level fyi shows google l4 for 270
    Apr 8 5
  • OP-Is L6 SDE or PMT role at Amazon?
    Apr 9 1
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      KafeKafe

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      KafeKafe
      OP
      FEE
      Apr 9
  • Take the biggest number. Chances are you won’t be there in two years anyway so maximize that return.
    Apr 8 1
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      KafeKafe

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      OP
      Yeah, probably what I’m thinking.
      Apr 8