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&lt;Former Amazon&gt;
I won&#x27;t go on about the work quality at Amazon, there are plenty of other places to read about that.<p>It _is_ important to note that the average retention at Amazon (even for excellent people) is ~50% for 1 year, and ~20% or lower for the 2nd year.<p>Therefore, these comparisons should really take that into account. Amazon MAY look higher than Microsoft (for example) but because you only see 20% of your total vest the first two years, and everyone in the company makes a max of $160k with anything else bringing you up to market rate being a yearly &quot;bonus&quot;, you likely won&#x27;t see the majority of your earnings.
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