I was reflecting how 2019 went. I am not happy. I did a lot of work for my org. I stayed up late nights to get some advanced infra level work done when I didn't need to. I went above and beyond. I got nothing for it. I got TT rating, but no extra stocks because I hit my TCT limit. All I got with my promo was a 20K increase to my base. Everything else was due to stock appreciation. So in the span of 2.5 years, I made an extra 20K. I could've just put 50% of the effort I put in, and I would've made the exact same. This seems really wrong. Is this Amazon or just how it works in the tech industry?
Should have put ur time on Leetcode
LC and hop to reap the rewards of your hard work
Did you get TT ratings during each of the 2 years? If you got them, were there any promo discussions?
Who the hell is voting that this is standard industry practice? Who else had total comp limits that prevent refreshers apart from Amazon?
People who don't work at Facebook :) Only Facebook and handful companies rewards top performers handsomely, everywhere else it's a sh*t show
^ what this poster said. This is generally the industry, whether people want to admit it or not.
Don't leave before 4th year tho - those RSUs are gold.
Only if they go up
Fair point. Mine quadrupled in price and I was v happy.
Bezos and Sanchez thank you from the bottom of their wallet.
Bezos here: Thanks for your hard work, your hard work made you a better developer and you will be well respected in the org for years to come. Tc is for for people who are motivated by greed, at Amazon we believe in work life harmony and you truly did achieve it. This will be set as an example in your org as well. FYI I am with my lady near the coast of Italy on my private yatch sucker.
Thanks for the laugh
What's it done to your reputation? That's worth a lot.
Sounds like a typical scenario for Google as well. Not worth the effort to go above and beyond.
these corporations don’t seem to want high bursts of efforts. they want stable, medium size efforts. kinda like picking volatile stocks vs investing in a low cost index fund
Um... I’ve never been capped on refreshers or pay bumps. You can max out your band at level for base but it takes years.
You are naive. You are just making Bezoz rich
every dime you don’t make is a dime in bezos pocket