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This is perfect timing as Google Seattle is hiring around 1000 devs and promotions are being revealed in April. I used a throwaway account, but I'm sure I'm id
by amazoniananon 11y ago
This is perfect timing as Google Seattle is hiring around 1000 devs and promotions are being revealed in April.
I used a throwaway account, but I'm sure I'm identifiable by this information if my manager sees this. I'm not too concerned. I think it's in Amazon's and the employees' best interest for this stuff to be transparent. Besides that, while I like my work, I can easily get an offer from Google, Facebook or pretty much anywhere else.
Position: SysDE 2 in AWS
Tenure: 1.5 years
Job Level: 5
Base: $120000
Stock: 140 RSU (granted at signing, almost none vested)
Bonus: $20000 + relocation at signing, $15000 will come after 2 years
Gender: M
Native English: yes
I was hired at L4 as SE 1, moved to SE 2/L5 after a year, and now SysDE 2. There was no raise for SE2->SysDE2.
- nevir 11y ago> 140 RSU (granted at signing, almost none vested) Is it still the ridiculous 5-10% year 1, 5-10% year 2, and then the rest spread out over years 3-4?
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- amazoniananon 11y agoYes, it's something like 5% at 1st anniversary, 15% at 2nd anniversary, then 20% every 6 months over the next two years.
- guy_c 11y agoWhy is it so ridiculous? Isn't it trying to serve as a retention incentive? Obviously it can back-fire on the company. If the share price drops a lot then people that were planning on staying till the 6 monthly vesting may quit.
- yomly 11y agoFrom what I heard from people who worked at Amazon during the especially rocky years, their share compensation is tied to a monetary value - if the share value tanks significantly, they'll issue shares to compensate. If you're into gambling, this can be a -very- good thing considering Amazon has gone on to double in value over very short time periods historically. Otherwise, its a fair concession on Amazon's part