4 ms·
Amazon's compensation wasn't anything special. The first two years were awesome because I got a $100K+ sign-on bonus prorated and tacked onto my paycheck every
by innocentoldguy 4y ago
Amazon's compensation wasn't anything special. The first two years were awesome because I got a $100K+ sign-on bonus prorated and tacked onto my paycheck every month. Once my first two years ended, my regular salary was pretty lackluster and I was easily able to find a job making a lot more elsewhere.
- p0rkbelly 4y agoIt's all about the RSUs. That all kicks in after year 2. If you're a lower level maybe you don't feel it as much. But for a high performing L6+ RSUs typically are -- or at least were designed to be -- the majority of your income compared to base pay.
- innocentoldguy 4y agoI was an L6 and my RSUs were worth sticking around for a year ago. Not so much today.
- scubbo 4y agoI was an L6 and, at the time, my RSUs certainly gave me pause for leaving, but in the end the urgency of my mental health won out. My timescale was dictated by getting my Green Card, not (primarily) by finances.
- p0rkbelly 4y agoyeah...different story now. The target comp numbers ) assume 15% stock growth per year from when it's allocated to you. That model is now broke for the first time in a decade+. How it gets fixed... I'm not sure, but, there is history of cash payments to compensate. Point being, if you're not making more in year 3 than year 2 -- something is broke and/or your manager wasn't supporting you appropriately, or not hitting high enough on the performance ladder.
- innocentoldguy 4y agoMy last manager at Amazon was, and this is being kind, a shit whistle, so no support there whatsoever.