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It’s still lower than other big tech. Plus, their fine print when it comes to benefits sucks. For example, three year vesting on 401k company contribution and the skewed stock vesting policy. There are others I have been personally affected by that I could mention. Amazon overall has been designed to burn out employees and throw them out.

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You get paid cash in lieu of RSUs to bring your early years' TC up to what you signed up for, you could just buy AMZN with you cash if you wanted to.

It's not a secret that many (most) teams in amazon churn through their engineers. But working at Amazon is seen as a way to pad the resume. That's why so many engineers are willing to spend 2-3 years.

Most people know exactly what they are signing up for by joining Amazon.

> Most people know exactly what they are signing up for by joining Amazon.

I didn't at first, but the interview "process" was hilariously informative. I didn't pass the interview, but by that point I knew it was for the best.

The best part was the "casual lunch" with a random team member in the middle of the day-long interview. This young man seethed, for what reason I couldn't guess. It was hard not to take it personally, but in retrospect the dark energy radiating off this individual was a profound and timely warning that one does not simply walk into Amazon.

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