Got laid off in Jan and I need to choose one of these by end of next week. - Meta L6: 780K - Amazon L7: 700K - Bellevue based experimentation tooling startup created by ex Meta peeps: 1.1M (but 800K is paper money; IPO isn't near but there have been a couple buyout offers from bigger companies) I really like the startup but haven't negotiated any startup offers yet. Any gotchas I should look at? Yoe: 12, Microsoft L65, W2 TC 512K for 2022
Are they trying to duplicate QE or something? Also Amazon’s stock has a lot more room to fall than Meta’s. Worked at both. Plus refreshers help with stock loss tbh
What type of role? AI/ML? Are you including sign on in those numbers? They seem high for Meta
Gz
If you’re ready to take a culture and wlb hit go to amazon for the cash.
Honestly Amazon peeps were really trying to please me. Meta interviewers weren't rude but didn't care. Startup was balanced - also really nice people but many of the folks I chatted with were just so much better than I.
There’s definitely non-toxic cultured teams here. But even if you get lucky with one of those the wlb will be more than the other most likely. Customer commitments & on-call will do this. But it’s not necessarily “bad” if it’s worth it to you for the guaranteed cash (outside of layoffs).
Depends on role? Is this ml, backend, manager ...etc
Backend SWE.
512K TC for L65? That’s great. Role?
Go Meta. Zuck finally gave up on meta bs Startup is too risky Amazon is Amazon, no benefits and bs culture
Numbers are high, but the question is the job security, when you were laid off the TC will become 0. Who can guarantee the job security in this market??????
Just make sure startup doesn’t have cash in svb
Amazon pays cash 1st year and majority of 2nd Come here for the safety net when this market is crap All RSUs you get now are well discounted IMO But our culture is mostly 💩🤡, Metas refreshers more than make up eventually
What are the Amazon refreshers like? I couldn't get a straight answer from the recruiter apart from they'll keep your TC at 700K... Meta's are 375K / 4 years at 'Meets All' from what I hear. Performance multipliers look decent at 1.25, 1.85, 2.65.
Lol at Amazon refreshers We have none And the recruiter lied You won't get to keep your TC at 700k