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So if you don't find other work, max severance is like 28.5 weeks? Or is 20 the cap? If it's the former, almost 7 months of runway to find a new job is pretty g

So if you don't find other work, max severance is like 28.5 weeks? Or is 20 the cap? If it's the former, almost 7 months of runway to find a new job is pretty great. The pulling of severance on job acceptance is a cheap move by Amazon, but not unexpected given their "frugality" in all aspects of their comp and perks.

malfist 4y ago
If at the end of the 60 days, you get a lump sump payment of 4-20 weeks of base pay, no sign on bonus or RSUs included. Amazon famously caps base pay, so most people, even super senior people will not be making more than 160k/yr unless they were hired in the last year. If you find employment externally during those 60 days, all payments stop and you get nothing more from amazon. To get the 7 months of pay you'll have had to be at amazon 10+ years. That's like 3 people. Turnover for all roles is >100%, tech is something like 50+%
- dymk 4y ago
  Amazon doubled their base cap last year, so is this still true?
  - malfist 4y ago
    That's why I had a disclaimer about being hired this year. If you weren't hired this year your base is likely still around the 160k
    - makoz 4y ago
      Data point of one and all that, but I got a decent bump in base and have been with the company for more than a few years. I assume that's true for almost everyone else based off the Blind posts.
- mothsonasloth 4y ago
  Couldn't you, y'know just get a new job offer and not tell them about it until your 60 days have elapsed?
  - mywittyname 4y ago
    There are reporting agencies that can be used to determine who employs a person. That's not including some other shady shit I wouldn't put past the company getting up to (i.e., bribing recruiting firms to tattle on former employees). Plus, I bet there's clawback provision if you don't tell them and they find out about it. But yeah, I'd take that gamble and just keep a low profile online. Or one could slow walk the hiring process: land a job then push your start date back out 61-x days.
  - josefresco 4y ago
    Similarly could you tell your new employer "Hey don't officially hire me for another 3 more weeks - I'll still work for you now but Amazon will pay my salary - deal?"
    - cmeacham98 4y ago
      I'm not sure why anyone would play this weird game of defrauding Amazon and working for a company for free when they could instead just do: "Hey I need some time, can my start date be X days from now", where X will probably be 30 or so days (given it takes time to apply to new jobs, go through the various stages of interview, etc).
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malfist 4y ago

If at the end of the 60 days, you get a lump sump payment of 4-20 weeks of base pay, no sign on bonus or RSUs included. Amazon famously caps base pay, so most people, even super senior people will not be making more than 160k/yr unless they were hired in the last year. If you find employment externally during those 60 days, all payments stop and you get nothing more from amazon. To get the 7 months of pay you'll have had to be at amazon 10+ years. That's like 3 people. Turnover for all roles is >100%, tech is something like 50+%

dymk 4y ago
Amazon doubled their base cap last year, so is this still true?
- malfist 4y ago
  That's why I had a disclaimer about being hired this year. If you weren't hired this year your base is likely still around the 160k
  - makoz 4y ago
    Data point of one and all that, but I got a decent bump in base and have been with the company for more than a few years. I assume that's true for almost everyone else based off the Blind posts.
mothsonasloth 4y ago
Couldn't you, y'know just get a new job offer and not tell them about it until your 60 days have elapsed?
- mywittyname 4y ago
  There are reporting agencies that can be used to determine who employs a person. That's not including some other shady shit I wouldn't put past the company getting up to (i.e., bribing recruiting firms to tattle on former employees). Plus, I bet there's clawback provision if you don't tell them and they find out about it. But yeah, I'd take that gamble and just keep a low profile online. Or one could slow walk the hiring process: land a job then push your start date back out 61-x days.
- josefresco 4y ago
  Similarly could you tell your new employer "Hey don't officially hire me for another 3 more weeks - I'll still work for you now but Amazon will pay my salary - deal?"
  - cmeacham98 4y ago
    I'm not sure why anyone would play this weird game of defrauding Amazon and working for a company for free when they could instead just do: "Hey I need some time, can my start date be X days from now", where X will probably be 30 or so days (given it takes time to apply to new jobs, go through the various stages of interview, etc).
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