Amazon More Than Doubles Corporate Employees' Base Salary Cap to $350K

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  1. ajacobson

    ajacobson

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    Amazon More Than Doubles Corporate Employees' Base Salary Cap to $350K
    BY AARON MCDADE ON 2/7/22 AT 5:58 PM EST

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    Amazon, citing a competitive labor market, has raised its cap on corporate employees' base salary to $350,000, a figure that more than doubles the previous cap of $160,000.

    The previous cap was paired with stock compensation, which vested over the course of several years at the company. It is unknown if the higher cash salary cap will affect the other portions of that compensation package, according to The New York Times.

    The increases reported Monday cover corporate and technology workers, and there have been no announced increases to the pay of warehouse workers and delivery drivers, who earn an average of about $18 per hour, the Times reported.

    This is a developing story and will be updated when more information becomes available.

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    Amazon has doubled the base salary cap for corporate and tech employees to $350,000, it was reported Monday. Above, a close-up of the company's logo on the facade of its regional headquarters in the Silicon Valley town of Sunnyvale, California, is pictured on October 28, 2018.SMITH COLLECTION/GADO/GETTY IMAGES
     
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  2. VicBee

    VicBee

    Salary inflation anyone? Who believes this is sustainable?
     
  3. Overnight

    Overnight

    Forever, as long as they refuse to pay a dividend.
     
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  4. qlai

    qlai

    Just a gimmick, will not apply to 99% of developers imho
     
  5. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    I’m shocked that the max base wage was not over 300k to begin with.

    Surely there are lots of people at Amazon with 500k salaries
     
  6. qlai

    qlai

  7. 2rosy

    2rosy

    $160 was the cap? what year was that implemented and how much stock was granted?
     
  8. Millionaire

    Millionaire

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