One Year of Experience (YOE)
I'm a pretty above average software engineer—not a DSA whiz. I'm not sure I can crack Google or Microsoft, though; it'd take me a solid one year of hard work.
Currently, I work at Zoho with a salary of ₹8.4 LPA. My manager is okay, and while deadlines are sometimes pressuring, they are generally manageable; however, the work is tough. I sometimes hate my job. The domain I work in is challenging, and although I sometimes enjoy it, it feels niche and outdated. Most evenings, I feel too tired for DSA preparation, but I believe I can find time if I am motivated.
I have received an offer from Amazon India for an SDE role and will be joining the Books Purchase and Payment Experience team. However, I am feeling very scared after reading reviews about Amazon's PIP culture, continuous overtime, weekend work, on-call pressure, and high stress. I am unsure if I can handle these challenges. I am tired of thinking whether work-life balance, which I get at Zoho, should be my priority or the nearly three times higher pay.
Sometimes I want to take risks; sometimes I am scared of the downsides at Amazon and addicted to flexible work hours, manageable stress, and my comfort zone. But I don't see myself working there long-term, seeing my senior team members stressed despite mediocre pay.
The offer from Amazon includes: Base salary: ₹19.17 LPA Signing bonus: ₹6.47 L for the first year and ₹5.18 L for the second year RSUs: ₹15.56 L (5%, 15%, 40%, 40%)
I am concerned about the risk of being PIPed in a few months or becoming trapped in a potentially toxic work environment. At the same time, I am worried that declining this opportunity may preclude similar offers in the future, especially given the effort people put into securing a position at Amazon.
Should I take this risk or stay with my current job at Zoho, or just prepare hard and hopefully get a job at another company? I would appreciate any guidance. Please like this so I get more engagement.
People always rent to write bad reviews for a company than a happy reviews.
Just go to amazon, you will always have a choice of changing the company.
Also , agar stress lena hi toh achhi salary k liye lo.
bhai go to faang , tag will help in long run
All the companies are a big mess right now, the only better one is who is paying more
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You have just started your career. Pick tough tasks on priority. That builds resilience.
Later on in your career, when you will face stress eg. regarding layoffs in your team. This mental resolve will help you.
Beleive me, leaders face continuous pressure and the best never allow this to percolate down to their reportees.
the corporate pyramid is very steep. and growth is not just based on knowledge. There are a whole lot of factors like college of edu., office politics and many times even the economic conditions decide the growth of an individual.
If your current job is pays you decently (meaning- compared to your exp, how much you are able to save), if your company managers dont talk shit "perform or perish", " high performance oriented culture" etc, and the odds of pink slip in the company is low, then stick to it. being in ZOHO, If you are a south Indian, get a transfer to tenkasi. As salaried employees we must look at consistency in our salary, work life. Let growth be like a jack pot, keep trying if you get a great offer then move. Dont jump around for 15-20% hike. The hike in salary is meaningless, half will go to nirmala tai, rest will go to rent/loan depending on a city.
For 1YOE of exp, if any company pays you 30-40LPA, then will fire if the profit falls 5% or they will make sure, you spend all that money in hospitals in a few years down the line.
Done work to make other rich. Focus on peace and consistency.
Ps: this is an advice, my first manager gave me. I didn't listen. later i realized he was right.
Nirmala tai 😂
Have 5-6 friends who have been working at Amazon for 10+ years and are doing just fine. Don't worry so much
Why are you so worried about work life balance now? Take some chances
Don't overthink about uncertainty..... tomorrow your work life balance at zoho can also change. You are probably my age and you should be proud of what you have achieved. Take this opportunity and grow into a better version of yourself.
Would like to know what all preparations you did to clear amazon sde interview.
Bro, I have an offer from Amazon too, and after much thought I decided not to go ahead with it. It's scary listening to all the stories. If you've cracked Amazon trust yourself to crack Microsoft, Google I know is challenging but microsoft is quite reasonable. Or maybe you can put in your notice on the amazon offer and keep practicing. That worked well for me
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