Moving to Amazon London from Amazon India
I’m a SDE2 at Amazon, joined 3.5years back as new grad and got promoted to L5 an year ago.
I never had plans to move to Seattle and I’m planning to jump ship in India to maximise TC.
But last week, I got an opportunity from Amazon London Advertising Team for SDE2 role with TC: 115k GBP (Wouldn’t go higher than 120k)
TC For India:
Base: 33L
Stocks: ~20L/year
Total: ~53L
TC For London,
Base: 85k GBP
Stocks: 30k GBP
Relocation Bonus: 9k GBP
Now I’m confused:
1. Does 115k GBP have the same level of comfort in life as 50L in India? (In hand is 3.3L in india vs 6.2k GBP in London)
2. Exploring Europe and leaving in an European country is something I wanted. But is it worth moving to London on that TC?
3. Can I change Job and try for FB/G London once I move to London?
4. The weather, issues related to racism, being away from family/friends.
What do you guys suggest?
Yoe: 3.5 (Age 25 and unmarried)
Promo: SDE3 Promo is ~2years away.
comments
It is worth it for the experiences you would have and the travel opportunities in Europe. 115k is def quite good as a salary and you would be able to live very well as a single.
For comparison of living expenses and differences in lifestyle, plenty of blogs online. You wouldn’t have a king lifestyle in london as 3.3L in India affords, but if I was were you, I would take this offer.
Looks like it’ll be Europe😅
Thanks again for all your input :)
On the dating part, I’m trying to convince my gf via Internal Transfer too. At worst case, we’ll need to travel india-UK every few months.
For India:
Base: 33L
Stocks: ~20L
Total: 53L
For London,
Base: 85k GBP
Stocks: 30k GBP
Relocation Bonus: 9k GBP