I was hired as a new grad at a very low TC at Amazon in Seattle for a SDE-1 role (comparing with other engineers at the same location, same company, same position). I requested my manager to look into it and received positive responses. Even though my performance was good and I had positive forte feedback, good and timely deliverables, still I was low balled last year. This was highly discouraging and with the pandemic going on, it totally took away my motivation to put efforts to do more. Seeing my teammate making more at the same level (hired at the same time with a much higher comp.) makes me uncomfortable.
I moved to H1b this year, I will be paying 10k more in taxes.
I am interested in knowing if anyone had been in this situation and what did they do to come out of it? Is Amazon comp. culture that shitty? I know being a new grad I shouldn't worry much about the money but my growth, though it is still discouraging and has had a major impact on me delivering my best towards my professional growth. It's something one doesn't want to fall for but invariably does.
Can someone also tell me what's the salary band for SDE-1 at Amazon and how is that decided?
Thanks
TC: 130k (includes base, stock and the final 2nd year bonus, 10k hike in tax coming up)
Role: SDE-1 @Amazon (AWS)
Location: Seattle
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I know plenty of people who left Amazon within 6 months because they constantly kept looking elsewhere.
Goal is to only use Amazon to get interviews.
Even now there are plenty of companies out there that pay more than Amazon. LC and GTFO
You should have gotten multiple offers and negotiated your way up when you accepted the offer.
No one will ever be happy if they compare their compensation with the highest in the band. There will be someone earning more than you at your level.
If they somehow get the absolute highest number in the band, they start worrying about a less experienced person hired at the next level. This greed never ends.
Stop worrying and start leetcoding. You’re doing great than a lot of people.
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