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I do not work for Amazon, however I have a friend who has in the sales space for roughly 8 years. The theme seems to be that once your RSU's vest over a 4-5 year span, talent ends up leaving.
Personally, I interviewed for Customer Advisor (Sales) roles twice, and made it to the final "loop" interview, and each time, did not receive an offer. The company provides feedback during the interview process, however they do not provide any feedback during the final "loop" interview. For those who do not know, the loop is a set of 45 minute individual behavioral interviews with 6 separate employees, one of which is not even from the same department. I basically had to sit in front of my computer from 8am-6pm for an entire day completing this loop. Honestly, it was a royal pain in the ass, and did not seem necessary. Perhaps I dodged a bullet, or two. The comp plan for this role as of last summer was around a 130k base + 90k a year in RSU's, with a vesting schedule of I believe 4 years. If anyone has additional questions about this, I'd be glad to share my experiences. |
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06-26-2022, 11:16 AM | #26 | |
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I have one close friend who works for Amazon and 7 former employees who do. My brother worked on contract at Amazon. I've also interviewed a handful of former Amazon execs for positions far below their paygrade. I'll explain... The close friend is, no joke, the smartest person I've ever met. Harvard grad, MIT Sloan School of Management MBA. He was working 70 to 80 hours a week at Amazon developing and maintaining the software code that predicts ordering patterns months and even years in advance so that inventory and warehousing can react. He's insanely smart and one of the most interesting, charismatic, and genuinely nice people you'll ever meet. And, he got put on a performance improvement plan. It was brutal and it all pointed back to a shitty manager. He ended up moving departments and things got better. He jumped departments again and is now completely bored with what he does but it's also very survivable. It seems that once you are in the door, and vested, the game is to find a department where you can survive as opposed to finding one doing something you actually enjoy. My brother LOVED his time at Amazon but he worked for a contracting company so he had a layer of protection there from the BS, but also did not enjoy any of the benefits. He was doing video production so more on the creative size. he said that generally, people on the creative side find things more laid back than those on the operations side. Not sure where tech writing would fall as it kinda bridges those two worlds. The company I work for now hires smart kids right out of college and gives them their first break. We train them, give them practical and transferrable skills like project management, and dont pay them all that well. They stick with us for 2 to 3 years and then they are off to a big paying tech company job, many with Amazon. I keep in loose contact with a few and it's the same story when it comes to overall satisfaction: It all depends on the department you are in. Finally there's the burnt out ex-Amazon execs I interview for Director and VP level positions making 25% of what they were making at Amazon. Same story every time: They killed themselves at Amazon for years, developed mental or physical health problems, quit, took a year off, and are now wanting to contribute their skills and knowledge in a fun and collaborative environment where work/life balance still means something. My wife does primary care medicine and has a dozen or so upper level management Amazon employees with job related anxiety, stress, depression. She patches them up and tells them all the same thing: "You need to take a year off, get healthy, then get a new job." Anyway, that's my experience. Personally I would not touch them with a 10-foot pole unless I was literally recruited by a manager I knew saying "come work for me in my department and this is what it will be like." The risk of hitting a "bad" department is just too great. I wish you all the best. Keep us posted on whether you score the position! I've hired a number of tech writers in my time and worked with many. As you said, you are a rare breed. Good tech writers are hard to come by so if Amazon realizes that you might just find yourself in a highly valued and well treated department. Last edited by DETRoadster; 06-26-2022 at 11:21 AM.. |
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I will definitely let everyone know how it goes. I'm just looking up my best writing samples to share if it gets to that point. Even though I know I'm underpaid based on the market, I do really enjoy the people I work with and my boss. For example, when the pandemic started, he made the better half and I 3 masks each. So he's a friend, not just a boss. So I don't want to get in the trap of just chasing money. I spoke with a friend last who is a PM for Cisco, and he said their TW department is great. So I'll at least apply and see how it goes. |
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I work in aerospace and defence and was told I should apply to Boeing, who apparently is best in class from a compensation perspective, would probably be making 20% more than I'm making now but was told the culture is challenging. I've been at my current company since 2016 so decided not to switch for sake of money. Aerospace pays really well in general, better than most industries from what I gather, and I'm a non-technical / engineering person, was getting raked over the coals in oil and gas prior.
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My brother has worked there in Seattle for a year now. It's tough, you've got to put in your 3-4 years in order to vest your stock options which is the golden ticket. Like Kaiser for Physicians.
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In terms of culture, just focus on people you'll be reporting to. Vet them and see if they are someone you can work with. I've worked for worlds best employer and hated it because of a bad manager. |
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I need to apply this evening. That's good to know. |
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07-01-2022, 12:32 PM | #39 | |
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And my fiance getting a job offer at Paycom here in OKC that is going to increase her pay by about 50%, plus lots of perks like onsite gym, $4 lunches, $2 per month health/vision/dental benefits, etc. But it was just opened up a week ago so I can't imagine it's already been closed. Last edited by OkieSnuffBox; 07-01-2022 at 01:39 PM.. |
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Got my application in. Was also contacted by another recruiter for a local position with the electric utility, but the pay isn't there and they want to put you on an 18-month contract to start.
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I'm going to start really looking into other opportunities as well. My performance review is coming up in the next few weeks and I would bet a nice steak dinner me being underpaid won't be fixed at all. |
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