[NathanKP]

Amazon employee here. Just to clarify these leadership principles are intended to apply to everyone at Amazon, not just those that are in "lead" positions, but if you are applying them a lot you are much more likely to end up in a senior or manager position. These principles are also a significant part of both the initial hiring process and the post hire advancement within Amazon.

Pay obviously varies but I've found it to be competitive with what I've been offered by other large tech companies, and better than almost all startups I've talked to, especially when you factor in that compensation in Amazon stock is actually worth a lot of money, while startup stock is a gamble with pretty bad odds.

[uiri]

As a former Amazon intern, the impression I got is that "every" role is supposed to be a "leadership" role. It makes sense when you realize that they are hiring/growing so fast, they need to (a) transmit culture quickly & efficiently and (b) be able to arbitrarily put people in "management" positions org-chart-wise.

For intern/new grads, Amazon is less competitive than similar sized companies (Google/Facebook/Microsoft). Microsoft is also based in Seattle so this isn't just about differences in taxes/cost of living.

The vesting is also backweighted so that they don't lose too much stock from people who leave after less than a couple years.