Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by samspenc on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:19PM
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I heard that their (miserly) first and second year RSU vests are made up for with a cash component during those two years, or am I mistaken about that?
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by oblio on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:30PM
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Yes, you get money. There's some strings attached, you have to return the money under certain conditions.
Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months
by hemloc_io on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:33PM
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Haha what they probably don’t mention is second year bonus is prorated.
So it’s a double fuck you, bc it gets paid out as quickly as salary but is in permanent to your TC as a bonus lol
This is done on purpose because a vast majority of employees leave Amazon within 18 months or so. And those who can withstand that environment for 24 months and beyond develop thick enough skin and make enough internal connections to survive till 5+ years.
(bit of a tangent)
> in case HR is reading this
HR's primary (perhaps only) job is to protect the upper management (execs and above) from the nuisance caused by workers down below. It took me a while to sink in but when it did it brought in lot of clarity to the way I deal with HR.
IMO this could be generalised to a reasonable degree. For instance, police force's primary job is to protect the government from the internal threat which is the population at large. Catching thieves happens to be a small by-product of it.
Employees' allegiance is, first and foremost, to their pay master.