Prior Experience: Developer at a medium-sized bank
Date of The Offer: Oct 2020
Company: Amazon
Title/Level: SDE 1 (downgraded from SDE 2)
Location: I will start remote in NC and move to Sunnyvale once offices re-open
Salary: $140,000
Signing Bonus: 37,000year1,30,000 year 2
Stock Bonus: ~$70,000 over 4 years (5/15/40/40 vest schedule)
Total comp: $180,000 year 1
Benefits: standard amazon
Other details: The recuiter gave me two options: 1) I could take a Sunnyvale offer but I would have to move to Sunnyvale before my start date, even though offices are closed. 2) I could take an offer based on my current location (North Carolina) and postpone my move until offices re-open. At that time, I will request an internal transfer and my comp may or may not be adjusted. I decided to take option number 2 in order to take my time with the move and save money on rent for a little while. The initial offer for NC was 165,000andInegotiatedto180,000