Is it also 996, pip, toxicity, and everything that goes with it? TC 170
As a contractor, you are paid for 40 hours of work. I believe that if they want to have you work more than 40 hours, they would need to ask your firm. So for 996, I don't think you should be concerned. You may have to deal with some politics, but I believe it will be less. Last, there is no PIP for contractors. They can't even have performance conversations with you.
Never heard of anyone at Amazon working 996
How much are they offering
There is no PIP for contractors but also no RSU and contract only lasts 11 months. You get overtime if they make you work over 40 hours/week. Likelihood of becoming full timer is better than at other FAANGs. It’s not a bad gig if you land a good manager and don’t mind the uncertainty of having to interview again within a year. I was EM at Amazon and helped a CW become FTE. They still had to go through full interview.
what is 996 ?
The 996 working hour system is a work schedule practiced by some companies in China. It derives its name from its requirement that employees work from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 6 days per week; i.e. 72 hours per week, 12 hours per day.
Contractors seem to have the better life. No one from other teams take you seriously so you never have to interact with douchebags Obviously not good for career growth but if you just want hourly pay it’s not bad.
What is hourly rate? Last month some recruiter told me there was Amazon contractor role at 45. By no means this can be not bad. It is much lower that L4.
Idk depends on the job. Amazon ain’t paying the big bucks to contractors. Usually Amazon only hires contractors for jobs that are repetitive and hard to automate. The contractor positions I’ve seen are like photoshop specific or you just flip through images to categorize them to help train AI. $45 an hour for those types of jobs is great Like I said it isn’t good for your career.
Some recruiters contact me last month telling me a Amazon contractor role at 45 per hour. What? 45? I don't get it why anyone would want to do contractor at this low rate and without respect.
Why don't you open your own company and run it? That way you can instill an awesome culture
It just depends on the role and the company that actually employs you. You are subjected to all the performance fear mongering and politics that employees are subjected to but also people don’t trust contractors.
I think it’s worse
Why?
You get all the work ft employees don't want to do, and you're fired first to meet pip quota. But milk them for all they have while you can.