> unique pay structure

As an ex-Amazonian, I hate seeing this corporate euphemism. We would be reminded yearly that compensation at Amazon was “peculiar”, when really it was just relatively low for FAANG. I would have preferred frank honesty, which I think would look like “we pay relatively low wages, for relatively good engineers, and the difference makes more money”

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Anon1096 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

That used to be the case but as of a couple years ago (maybe 2023?) pay packages got bumped and in terms of TC Amazon is very competitive now. You'll likely get a better offer than Google in cash value. But the non-TC benefits are really really bad (no free food, 5 day RTO, oncall policies, etc). For those reasons I think most would take a Meta or AI lab offer over Amazon right now if they're willing to grind.

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9tA3xlwgfGlab 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Interesting, one would think that would mean easier interviews and whatnot so as to allow for greater number of applicants and churn, but it is not what I have heard about it.

	▲	israrkhan 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		it is a good place for new graduates to solve some challenging engineering problems at scale and learn. Most of the employees do not last more than 2 years. People who stick for longer, admire that type of culture and are made for amazon. Their stock has also performed extremely well.