Should I be looking for a new job?

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dWCI33

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dWCI33
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Amazon L4 AE
TC - $155k (76k base)
YOE - 6 (2 years at Amazon)

I feel like I am being underpaid compared to current market rates for AEs in tech. I will probably get promoted to L5 this year in Q4 and then I would transfer to AWS.

My question is - should I just wait to transfer and hope for higher TC in AWS? Or should I look at other companies for higher base/TC? Honestly a $76k base is trash in my opinion, especially when I have gotten “Exceeds High Bar” each year in my performance reviews.

Let me know what you think!
#ae #sales

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  • Amazon
    wqce53

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    wqce53
    But I’m also gonna tell you that the unfortunate truth is if you’re looking for a huge significant pay raise at Amazon it only comes through a few ways. 1. you have a higher offer in hand and you take that to HR and you ask them to counter. 2. you get promoted and if you become a manager there’s also a pay bump. 3. you boomerang which is - you leave Amazon you go do another job for nine months - if you come back within a year’s time you keep your tenure at Amazon. And when you reapply because you were already at Amazon and in good standing, you can request a higher pay rate and typically people come in at much higher level after they’ve boomerang.
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    • Amazon
      wqce53

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      wqce53
      Yes. If you know your doc is being written, you should stick it out. Otherwise it will take you even longer to promo. Once you get your promo, look for a new team and role if you like. It is best to change teams or rolls every 3 years, especially if you aren’t seeing any upward movement.
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    • Amazon / Sales
      BpDy69

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      BpDy69
      Managers will always say that they’re pushing for you to get promoted but few will put the effort in.
      If your doc is written and you’ve identified the people for your peer feedback and your manager has preemptively asked if they would endorse you, then stay.

      If not then I wouldn’t count on the promo and would say transfer otherwise you may just be wasting 6 months
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  • Oracle
    wULc23

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    wULc23
    Yes, your TC is below market rate for your YoE. What account size do you sell into
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    • Amazon
      dWCI33

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      dWCI33
      OP
      I am not technically in SaaS so I work with companies who sell on Amazon.com. Without getting into much more detail, the companies I work with bring in anywhere from $20k-$5mil is sales on our platform every year
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    • Oracle
      wULc23

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      wULc23
      Still prob worth testing the market. Amazon is a big name. Go to compgauge’s highest paying sales companies ranking and make a shortlist of companies you’d want to apply to.
      7d
  • Amazon
    wqce53

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    wqce53
    You should ask to find out when you are slated for promo. That will tell you a lot. If it is not within next 6 months, look for a different team. You can renegotiate your comp with different jobs on different teams at Amazon.
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  • Amazon
    SXMf23

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    SXMf23
    Are you in Ads? If so, 155k for L4 is actually not bad
    7d 1
  • New
    woodsyy

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    woodsyy
    That’s good if you’re not at AWS. if you were in SaaS you’d be very underpaid but if it’s on the dot com side or ads side that’s pretty good
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