Hi all I’m so stressed I can’t explain. I had a call with a recruiter regarding salary negotiation for Amazon and they berated me. I spoke about market research for the same role and they said you can’t trust everything you see online it’s all a lie and ended with but I won’t argue with you. I’m so disheartened and feel like they really lowballed me

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Well, it's a company famed for berating and demeaning people. It's that scenario where it's a bunch of tech and biz school nerds strutting around like they're the Marines assaulting Peleliu. In any event, if you can live on what they're offering, and you think it will look good on your resume some day to say you took their guff, go for it.

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Wow, that’s awful! I can’t believe a recruiter would treat you like that—berating you over something as important as salary negotiation is completely unprofessional. You did your research, and they should respect that, not dismiss it. I’d be seriously disheartened too. You deserve much better than that.

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Move on

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Please dont work at Amazon, i promise you it will bring more stress than you can imagine

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Only correct response is “if you’re broke just say that.”

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Recruiters are parasites. They make money off placing you. If they treat you poorly, drop them. There's bond to be another able to take their place.

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Take the job as long as it's decent pay . U arnet getting that many cahnaces to get into Amazon in this job market.

Because you’re an L8, you get do nothing but read docs all day and make people work weekends to write useless information for you

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A couple years ago, Amazon recruiters were constantly offering pay on the very high end of the band. Now, they have to give mid range or go through an exception process. They’re probably not wrong about the competitiveness of the offer, but regardless, it’s a harder time to negotiate much higher. Good luck.

In just August 2024, I removed myself from an interview cycle (completed 2, declined the 3) because I was so depleted and exhausted from just the interview I thought I was going to have a seizure.

(I have a history of epilepsy and being triggered by stress out overstimulation)

Is this a third-party recruiter or an Amazon employee?

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