99% sure I'm being promoted to L6 in Q3 after 2 failed promo cycles due to the tech assessment previously not passing. Really excited about finally earning the title but I've been playing this role for a couple years now. Got enough info to know that the company will force managers to make their employees show up 3/5 days a week based on HR and not hot about that. I'm in a great position to move internally but I know the promo benefit doesn't pay off for 2 years (RSU's mostly). I've had a great run at Amazon but I'm finally considering other options. Is the grass really greener elsewhere? I've got a pretty chill situation working on something I don't give a shit about and the management chain is collapsing faster than you can blink. Love my team but dislike the product. Plan on interviewing internally and externally hopefully for remote positions. Success stories? Failures? Companies? TC: 284 YOE: 4 (Dev) 3 (QA) Edit: TC is 284 not 248, typo
Yeh it’s good news for you to be promoting. Six is a good level congrats
Thanks friend, took a minute
Op, Congrats. Why do you want to stay here when you can make 350k+ at other places. Start your interview preparation. Take the promo and leave.
Thank you, and I feel that. TC isn't everything to me but I certainly am not married to Amazon. Currently see some pros/cons to staying but swapping teams. Amazon is a big place with a lot of fucked up problems haha
> promo benefit doesn't pay off for 2 years (RSU's mostly) So even though you are promoted, it will take 2 years to get the fruits? That doesn’t make sense.
Yeah welcome to Amazon. Flat ass org structure and minimal promos that leave you begging for more. I started pretty low so my expectations are probably lower. Learned a lot here but definitely feel undervalued.
Dm for OCI. Please mention your YOE.
Dev: 4 years, QA: 3 years, approximately
Come to oci you will get at least 325 :)
Don’t wait till you get PIP within next few cycles. Grass is really non-toxic on the other side.
Get to 6 and then go elsewhere. That comp structure is telling you to fuck off
You could easily get 248 elsewhere
I appreciate that but it's speculative AFAIK.
yeah, it’s hard to get less than 248