I'm a long time Amazonian and one of the reasons that I stay is because I know it's not difficult to relocate to a different state or even country. How is the relocation opportunity in other companies?
Amazon is by far the best. You can relocate to any part in the world with no friction. London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Dubai, Sydney, etc. They are always looking for SDEs and other roles as well.
You can live anywhere in the US now and work remotely at similar compensation in many companies.
My hypothesis is it is a very temporary thing, may be until end of 2022. If a company/team is not 100% remote, there will unfortunately be biases formed against remote employees. Growth will be faster for employees working physically as a team. I personally believe in hybrid model and do not think 100% remote is viable. It is extremely challenging for new employee onboarding and brainstorming as a team. You need to set up a meeting for every small thing as people learnt to ignore slack messages as it is very distracting. I do see a future with VR playing a role. May be an Oculus headset that can make everyone feel like they are in one room :). Anyway that was a digression, OP asked about relocation to India. So we were just answering it how easy it is in Amazon compared to other companies.
Not to India. Relocation in general.
Tech Industry
Yesterday
1595
I am starting to think Chinese interviewers currently fail non-Chinese candidates on purpose.
Tech Industry
Yesterday
2973
The job market is absolutely brutal right now
Tech Industry
Yesterday
483
which chinese city better than bay area
Tech Industry
Yesterday
1747
Cute girl on the floor
Tech Industry
Yesterday
534
Modi is the worst dictator!
In Amazon it's best