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Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by rifung on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:32AM (#11453540)
I also live in Seattle and worked at Amazon. When I was interviewing, a conversation I had often went something like this.. "Oh, I see that you were at Amazon; we've interviewed many people from there. I'd ask you why you left but I think I already know."

I think it really just depends on your team though. Most of the people I worked with didn't particularly like Amazon (or working in general) but it was a job and paid (relatively) well. They don't pay as well as Google/FB but they still pay much better than most companies in Seattle and as far as I can tell it's easier to get into Amazon.

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Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by sombremesa on Friday April 08, 2016 @07:24AM (#11453873)
They don't pay as well as most companies in Seattle, unless you're only looking at tiny companies or something.

Maybe the new hire offer is market rate, but at 1+ years you are definitely going to be paid more anywhere else.

Amazon's job levels are also structured to have higher requirements and lower pay than equivalent positions elsewhere.

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Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by andrewguenther on Friday April 08, 2016 @11:04AM (#11455106)
Amazon's job levels outpace others fairly quickly I've found. If I were to ask for my salary at Google or FB, I'd probably get laughed out the door. You start lower, but if you work at it, you'll surpass what you'd be paid elsewhere. Benefits however is another story...
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Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by westernmostcoy on Friday April 08, 2016 @04:28PM (#11457647)
You are literally the only person I have ever heard say they make more money at Amazon than elsewhere, and this is counter to my experience working at Amazon.

You might be surprised if you were to actually have that conversation with a competitor.

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Re:Jeff Bezos’ letter to shareholders by rifung on Friday April 08, 2016 @03:07PM (#11457045)
What other big companies are hiring in Seattle besides Amazon, FB, and Google? The only ones I know of are Zillow and Expedia.

I just assumed they paid relatively well because there was a salary spreadsheet on here a few weeks ago and doing a ctrl F for Seattle, the salaries seemed lower.

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