I’m not sure whether everyone else is getting poorly paid at Amazon, or whether my clique is just doing well, but I’ve found that my salary is (was) in line with the higher end of the market. The declining/flat stock price changes that though. I know quite a few Amazonians looking to leave once their two years are up*
* Amazon pay a signing bonus for the first two years in lieu of RSUs. The idea is that you could sell your RSUs to make up the difference. The problem is that, for anyone who started in the last two years, your RSUs won’t make up the difference between your base salary and what you were getting as a bonus.
* Amazon pay a signing bonus for the first two years in lieu of RSUs. The idea is that you could sell your RSUs to make up the difference. The problem is that, for anyone who started in the last two years, your RSUs won’t make up the difference between your base salary and what you were getting as a bonus.