Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the U.S. on an L1B visa

Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by NotSammyHagar on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:18PM (#23520953)

They do have a max salary limit. When you first join, before your stock vests they give you an extra hire on bonus. This has clawback restrictions, something like you lose a quarter of it when you leave before 2 years (someone current there will know the rules better). So if you were going to make lets say 200k a year you'd get that extra 40k divided into 4 quarterly parts to equal it out. Then after you start getting stock this 'extra' goes away. I had an offer like this a few years ago, but I don't recall the exact details of clawback.

It's still kind of amazing that so many people go there, I guess it's that great big top line number when you add in stock. I know so many people who left there before 2 years, cause they hated it so much. What are the places that don't suck there?

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Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by scarface74 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:25PM (#23521010)

Your sign on bonus is paid monthly over two years. The first year you get paid more of it since you only get 5% of your RSUs, the second year you get paid less since you get 15% of your stock vest.

There is no clawback - I checked my paperwork. I think one of my friends told me that he did get part of his bonus when he was first hired. In that case there would probably be a clawback.

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Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by discodave on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:55PM (#23521293)

When I was hired as an SDE I in 2014 the first year of the sign on bonus was paid upfront, so there was a clawback.

A friend hired as an SDE II at the same time had a higher sign on bonus, not paid as a lump sum, so no clawback.

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