Currently working in Chicago with 140k base and 10% bonus. Friend is asking me to join Amazon as a program manager but it's in Seattle. Same salary but 20% bonus. Would you take the offer?

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No.
COL is much higher than the potential of 14k additional bonus.
I’d bet Amazon hours are tougher.
I’m also biased towards Chicago over Seattle.

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Seattleite here, Amazon is not the company you want to work for, and that is a good salary here, but you’d only want to move your home for a Microsoft/google etc. Amazon isn’t like the other tech companies, they have slim margins on most of their business and at their core it’s a distribution company, I wouldn’t take it

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Depends, for software folks, Amazon is Java, Microsoft is c#, so not really. For other folks, I’d you want to move to work for a hot tech company might as well go to to the bay 🤷‍♂️

Do you like your job? If yes, I wouldn’t take it. If no, then take it.

You’re in the rare spot where the variable comp isn’t much. You can choose solely on your interests and goals.

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I think 20% of comp makes losing the network and the risk of starting over worth it.

Not sure what type of role at Amazon, but don’t they also force cut 10% of their workforce per year (maybe just in SWE). That’s risk I would not take on for less than 40%

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If financial implications are relatively weighted higher in your decision making process, I’d also consider the following :

1. No state income tax in Washington
2. Higher COL

Other factors :
1. Weather
2. West Coast Best Coast 🤷🏾‍♂️

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Ha, no. Stay in Chi unless this other job has other better benz

No RSU?

Hasn't been discussed. I'm sure it's part of the package but we aren't that far along

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