Amazon’s base

Oct 16, 2021 12 Comments

Is it really capped at 160k. I can’t fathom how L7s and above swallow that low base? Don’t they make exceptions?

Edit: I understand that they are given large chunk of RSUs but then Amazon’s vesting schedule is kinda crummy. Moreover people don’t tend to sell their RSUs right at vesting. 160k seems too low for base at those levels.

TC: 250k

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  • Amazon / Eng
    wawY45

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     wawY45
    The new CEO and a few top execs get paid 175k. Bezos was paid around 80k as CEO.

    SF Bay and NYC band is 185k.

    Elsewhere for everyone it's 160k.

    It is pretty ridiculous, especially as benefits like 401k are tied up around salary, and are already very bad, but at such low salary they become practically worthless.

    People should start telling recruiters that it's not true that execs are still paid 160k, and start demanding at least 175k like A Jassy!
    Oct 16, 2021 4
    • Google
      dWave

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      dWave
      Lol why even bother putting execs in another tier? That extra 15k is meaningless compared to their total income. It'd be better from an optics POV to apply the same base to everyone...
      Oct 16, 2021
    • Amazon / Eng
      wawY45

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      Noone reads the AMZN Investor Relations docs, so recruiters go left and right claiming that even Jeff Bezos gets paid only 160k, even though in reality he actually gets paid just 80k.

      Other top-5 execs, including Jassy, have been paid between 160 and 175k for quite a while now.
      Oct 16, 2021
  • New
    uujh41tayg

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    uujh41tayg
    Because majority of their TC is RSU, I was an L6 SDM, my Base was 160, but with RSU (and stock appreciation) it reached 640K
    Oct 16, 2021 3
  • Airbnb
    HiAirbnb

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    HiAirbnb
    What's with the point about people not selling RSU upon vesting? Is it that hard to plan your expenses to keep to 6 months vesting schedules? Monthly is better but I can sustain 6 months vesting if the pay is high enough to make up for the pain of planning for 6 months.
    Oct 22, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    🍌MZN

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    🍌MZN
    I mean, they’re getting sign on or RSUs as well
    Oct 16, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    Leetin2

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    Leetin2
    AWS Bay Area is 185
    Oct 16, 2021 0