Considering a move from Google to Amazon. I have my eyes set on returning to school starting fall 2022, which means I would leave work sometime around June 2022. Amazon beats Google slightly comp wise, but concerns about culture and wlb. Would you stay at Google or take the opportunity for a year?

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As someone who's worked for both Google and Amazon my experience was they each have their pros and cons that each suit different people better or worse.

Google

Great work life balance, good perks, good incentive to stay but I felt my work at Google lacked ownership and was often small parts of projects dictated from the US.

Amazon

Good ownership, work felt more meaningful with more autonomy, chose what I worked on and what was important, free reign to fix anything I seemed broken. No real perks, poor comp structure that gives you little incentive to stay past 2 years and definitely no incentive to stay past 4 years. Poor pay increases across the years. Slightly higher total comp but you have to work a little more for it.

Overall if I was given the two options again at the same time i would choose Amazon due to the fact it gave me more work satisfaction but that's purely down to what motivates me personally.

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How big is the lift? Amazon pays well the first two years but you don’t get as many refreshers and their retirement contribution is 0. Also what role/Pa?

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Amazon will be a step down long term in every way. Comp,culture,wlb. I'd stay at google unless the work is really that much better

Do you like the sound of the role/team? I'd consider true comp difference too.

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If you're excited after this next conversation, I say go for it! It's only a year. And you have a great reason to leave Amazon after that year...

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