Re:Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much ...
by discodave on Saturday March 19, 2016 @05:21AM
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Your definition of sucks is pretty skewed.
Anybody earning 6 figures is in the top few percentiles of society, especially if you are a new grad!
You are obviously free to take advantage of your employability but just remember that you pretty much are the 1% before saying that it sucks. :)
Re:Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much ...
by boren_ave11 on Saturday March 19, 2016 @05:37AM
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No, he's right, you just misread.
He is saying that Amazon's RSU vest schedule sucks compared to the standard used by Google and others. His income level has nothing to do with anything about that.
The standard (at GOOG & others) is:
25% on year 1 2.08 & 1/3rd every month thereafter (75% vested equally over the next 36 months)
Furthermore, there are other grants that vest quarterly for the first 18 months of employment (in addition to the normal 4 year).
Look, I used to work at Amazon. They are the worst paying big company out there. Complete with totally shitty vesting plans. My first vesting with Amazon was over 5 years. Yup, they really took advantage of us new grads.