I don't care about the title/prestige of the company. I only care about the TC. The teams I've been with at Amazon had really good lwb that I really never worked more than 8hr/day, and never worked during the weekends. (Except if I get paged which is very rare) My current TC is 230 (3 yoe) and at least for the next 3 years my TC will go up very well, as I still have unvested stock. In 3 years it's very likely that I get promoted to SDE3 (L6). So my question: Would companies like Google/FB/MS pay actually higher than Amazon, considering the stock price increase rate? I passed Google interviews 3 years ago, but the offer was lower than Amazon, so I declined it and now I'm very happy with that decision (because of the TC for all the last 3 years).
If you’re happy with the team you’re on, skills you’re developing, career path and TC, why leave? I’d leave for Google or FB to have on my resume or at least interview to negotiate SDE3. Despite what people say, Amazon is better than 90% of the other places you might work as a software engineer.
As I said I don't care about the name. Having Amazon on the resume is already good enough. So wouldn't move just because of that.
Then start prepping for the interview. If TC is all you care about, you need to get an offer to compare.
My friend got offers from both last year when both stocks were at the same price. Now AMZN about 50% higher. So ask for 50% more stock from GOOG.
If your friend performs well, they should receive stock refreshers that will keep the compensation competitive. Also Amazon doesn’t pay annual bonuses, does it?
You should stay where you are if it meets your needs and you know you like the work, WLB, and pay. The best thing you could do to bring up your total comp is apply at all the companies around the same time and interview (Drop Box, Apple, Oracle OCI, MS, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Redfin, Zillow, Etc) and weigh the offers against each other and negotiate to a TC you desire. You can always just stay at Amazon after all that if you do not get what you want without any loss.
I rejected Google offer cause they can’t match my TC, they’ve been trying to convince me that I’ll cliff after 2.5 years! Prolly, but what about the 2.5 years?! Fuck em.. the shine is gone, don’t give a shit about free food or massages. I get shit done and ship! P.S 481k TC @ $1850/stock
481 you should've discussed before interviewing
Don’t need to discuss, you want my business you need to pay me more. I asked 550k and they baulked at it.. LOL
FB and MS are dumpsters that are below an Amazonian. Google might pay you more.
Lol
I'm not comparing people here, I'm just comparing TC. Google didn't match my offer at Amazon 3 years ago, so I don't think they ever will. Since TC is my only factor (besides wlb), then why would I go to Google? @goiy: Does FB match and go higher to pass Amazon stock price increase rate?