Starting career; what would you do in my situation?

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EOxc30

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Sep 22, 2019 13 Comments

Hello blind community, I am seeking new perspectives because I’m not really sure what my options are at this point.

Interned my sophomore and junior year summer at Amazon, received new grad returning offer:

Base 112k
80k RSU (5/15/40/40 vesting)
Bonus 36k Y1, 22k Y2, 7k relocation
Y1 TC: 159k

The offer is the standard package for all returning interns and is non-negotiable, with the recruiting team insisting on not matching competing offers.

The offer deadline is November and while I applied as soon as applications opened to other companies that I would consider taking over Amazon (Google/Facebook/etc.) their hiring process is too lengthy and I find it unlikely that I’ll receive another offer in time.

Only other offer I’m waiting on is Robinhood, but I’m unsure under what circumstances I would take it over Amazon because I can’t find much information about RH online.

What should I do at this point? I made it to host matching for Google the previous year but had to accept Amazon because the process was taking too long and it seems like it’s going to happen again.

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  • Go with robinhood and steal some money for us
    Sep 22, 2019 2
  • Verizon / Retail
    blinds1122

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     blinds1122
    Go to Robinhood and get some sweet tendies
    Sep 22, 2019 1
  • Rakuten / Ops
    tooQ10

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    Obligatory: YoE 20, TC 41k. Such is life for us non-SWE office monkeys!
     tooQ10
    You didn't say what you actually do, but I'm assuming software engineer.

    That sounds like a really good deal and I thought Amazon stock took longer to vest.

    Is that 7k relocation for a fresh graduate?
    Sep 22, 2019 1
    • Amazon / Eng
      EOxc30

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      Whoops sorry, yes for an SDE position. I think 5/15/40/40 is standard for Amazon vesting, and 7k relocation is for new grads
      Sep 22, 2019
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    2muchblind

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    2muchblind
    If G doesn’t work our Amazon is an excellent option. Probably much better to have as compared with Robinhood which isn’t really considered Tier 1.
    Sep 22, 2019 3
    • Amazon / Eng
      EOxc30

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      Thanks for your input on this, that was one of my concerns as well as RH seems to have mostly college new grads and not as many senior engineers.
      Sep 23, 2019
    • Uber
      2muchblind

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      2muchblind
      @batou There were a couple unicorns considered Tier 1 until their IPO recently ;)
      Sep 23, 2019
  • Google / Eng
    d3j88wq

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    Tell Google about your deadline and ask them to fast track the process. Ask Amazon to extend the deadline.
    If that doesn't work you can either:
    1. Accept amazon and plan to switch in 1-2 yrs
    2. Take a big risk and decline Amazon in order to interview more places
    Sep 22, 2019 1
    • Amazon / Eng
      EOxc30

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      I think this is definitely the most logical thing to do, and admittedly I’m not confident enough to take a big risk so it’s likely that I’ll spend my first two years at Amazon unless something unexpected happens. I have a friend that took “option 3” and accepted Amazon and later reneged it for Google, but that’s a path I’d like to avoid as well...
      Sep 23, 2019