FB E6 offer

Amazon / Eng
amznwrrior

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amznwrrior
Feb 9, 2019 56 Comments

recently received an E6 offer (SWE) @ Menlo park. 220/800/100. Given the growth in stocks @ amzn these are comparable or close to my current comp levels (~8% bump) though far from my current target comp (~35%). I am not trying to negotiate some insane offer, however is this reasonable ?

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  • Facebook / Eng
    SheepWolf

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    SheepWolf
    Careful coming in as an E6. Most who are not grown organically from the inside, will struggle to adapt to the speed and chaos here. I used to work at Amazon.
    Feb 9, 2019 13
    • Facebook / Eng
      SheepWolf

      Go to company page Facebook Eng

      SheepWolf
      I was L5 and now E5. You're asking questions with premises that I don't know are true. But anyways, L7 is more on par with E6-E7 here. Xfn contributions expected. You're leading projects at the org level.

      Also scope of work here seems both higher and lower than Amazon. It's low because there are so many smart people here all wanting to show impact. But it's high because the ratio of 2.5 billion users to the number of engineers is excruciatingly high.
      Feb 11, 2019
    • Amazon
      couldbe!

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      couldbe!
      Having a lot of smart folks around is great, however unintentionally will make one work more to stay on par or better.
      Feb 11, 2019
  • Microsoft / Eng
    OrangeMan

    Go to company page Microsoft Eng

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    Microsoft
    OrangeMan
    A friend got 220/1.2M/100K for E6 in Seattle.
    Feb 9, 2019 9
    • Amazon / Eng
      amznwrrior

      Go to company page Amazon Eng

      amznwrrior
      OP
      But shouldn’t yoe compensate for phd ? Ml sounds like a premium skill these days, but every one and their mother seems to be working on ML ;)
      Feb 10, 2019
    • Microsoft / Eng
      OrangeMan

      Go to company page Microsoft Eng

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      Microsoft
      OrangeMan
      He had a few very good competing offers from a couple of companies, google being one of them. I believe he said they got an exception for him.
      PS: I have seen that offer personally.
      Feb 10, 2019
  • Amazon
    aws_rocks

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    aws_rocks
    Don’t turn your back on the Bezos. Facebook may get back to 220 a share but amazon is hitting 4K in a year.
    Feb 9, 2019 5
  • Google
    chamiyaa

    Go to company page Google

    chamiyaa
    I was able to get them to negotiate to 225K/1.1M/100K, but that was after I already declined their offer because I was more interested in Google.. so I'd say there is room to negotiate further.. but it's a pretty solid offer to accept if you're keen in joining Facebook
    Feb 10, 2019 9
  • Amazon
    azmix

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    azmix
    I had a similar offer, and was told that “we cannot match your insane Amazon TC” :-)
    Feb 9, 2019 3
    • Amazon
      azmix

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      azmix
      Yeah, cliffing really sucks. I’ve started on a somewhat higher TTC, so I feel okay with getting back to lows after year 4 if I don’t get promoted, which is very unlikely... and nothing beats those DE’s at Facebook, which we won’t have at Amazon unless things really turn around.
      Feb 9, 2019
    • Amazon
      couldbe!

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      couldbe!
      With current stock market and refreshers given for future years, I don’t think we will have those insane TC. Unless it hits 4k as someone below pointed out, which I am not sure about.
      Feb 9, 2019