I'm not an Amazonian, but I wanted to chime in here to say I think this thread is a great idea and I would love to see more like it.
I write about salary negotiation and coach people through it, and I think sharing salaries publicly will encourage more people to negotiate and get paid what they're worth.
I recently coached a new Amazon employee, and he got a very good offer, which he increased by about 15% using VERY simple negotiation tactics that we discussed. If he hadn't negotiated, he would've still been paid well, but would have left 15% on the table before he was even in the door.
I submitted this link yesterday—it's a Salary Negotiation workshop I did for developers in Orlando last week. It's definitely relevant to this conversation:
EDIT: Here's a direct link to the Salary Negotiation workshop summary to save you a click: http://bit.ly/21zFG5q
Here's the HN submission for posterity: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11305683
(Not sure why I originally linked to an HN submission linking to the workshop. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Nice job starting this thread!
I write about salary negotiation and coach people through it, and I think sharing salaries publicly will encourage more people to negotiate and get paid what they're worth.
I recently coached a new Amazon employee, and he got a very good offer, which he increased by about 15% using VERY simple negotiation tactics that we discussed. If he hadn't negotiated, he would've still been paid well, but would have left 15% on the table before he was even in the door.
I submitted this link yesterday—it's a Salary Negotiation workshop I did for developers in Orlando last week. It's definitely relevant to this conversation:
EDIT: Here's a direct link to the Salary Negotiation workshop summary to save you a click: http://bit.ly/21zFG5q
Here's the HN submission for posterity: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11305683
(Not sure why I originally linked to an HN submission linking to the workshop. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Nice job starting this thread!