Amazon Ads SDE 2 TC - 65 LPA Base - 44 Bonus + Stocks - 21 3 days WFO Groupon SDE 3 TC - 58 LPA Base - 46 Bonus - 15% (Tied to team performance) Others - 5 WFH Location - Bengaluru YOE ~ 6 Current TC - 57 LPA (37 base) Current Role - SSE 65 LPA = 6.5M Rs I have seen Amazon offers along the range of 85 LPA in past years. And it seems like a low ball in any case Is Amazon Ads a good org? How is the work life balance and attrition rate (pips?). Is there a recent downgrade in Sde 2 compensation range? Not heard anything good about Groupon. Are there any pros of joining groupon over Amazon considering Groupon bonus being non existent as it's tied to team output rather than individual performance? Please provide honest suggestions 🙏 #tech #amazon #engineering #software #swe
Wait and clear sde3 @amzn.
I hear you. What timelines I am looking at if I take this offer and go for the promo path vs wait for sde 3 yoe
You can give sde3 interviews at 5/6 yoe But if you take the sde2 offer now, expect 3-4 years before getting promoted
How is tenable ?
Not a place to learn and grow. Only good for money imho.
Wlb and culture? Is it remote?
If you can grind, amazon has better progression
As long as it's learning, I don't mind the grind honestly. I haven't really worked at scale and Amazon sounds like a good opportunity imho
Amazon Ads is shit work life. The have favoritism, the most visible guy or the guy who sells gets promoted. They also fire hard if u dont deliver well or if u dont have good visibilty. Search Amazon ads in Blind. Same leadership head fr both USA and India
Search Groupon in Blind and let's talk again 😐
Groupon is straight away ass. Layoffs has become common and no growth there.
Just stay put at your current company. 1. Groupon is dying, don't join them. 2. Also, no point joining the toxic gutter that is Amazon just for a 14% salary bump. Only consider them if they give 35%+ hike. (80 lpa) Speaking as an ex-Amazon employee.
Bhai, you know there are 1 million folks in WITCH who pray god daily for an interview call for Amazon SDE-1
Correct, and for anyone who is currently at WITCH, Amazon is genuinely an amazing, incredible deal that will straight up give them 200-500% hikes on their current salaries. But OP is not at WITCH. He is already at a good company which is actually paying him a comparable salary to Amazon. So in OP’s case, other stuff besides salary matters too. Considering that a big number of teams at Amazon are toxic and have a horrible work life, in his case the better option is to avoid it unless they give a great hike.
Can you pls share the interview process at groupon?
1st round is DS Algo 2nd round is LLD/HLD. Anything can be asked. 3rd round is HM.
Thanks.
Worked at both Amazon and Groupon. Groupon will eventually close the shop in a few years. Recruiter is lying, SDE2 TC can go upto 85L.
Op, what decision did you make finally? Also did Amazon increase their offer?
Is Amazon not negotiating? It is a lowball offer considering your current tc and competing offer
Recruiter told they have given offers in 75 range in the past but this range is the new SDE 2 band and they can't go above it even if they try to. Something like - system will not accept I told them it doesn't look like a significant jump but they do not seem to budge
But there is range for this band. Recruiters talks trash most of the time. By the way, I am in Ads too. Which part of Ads?