[vamega]

Amazon definitely comes under considering base salary only. I hear they have a cap 165K for base salary (185K in NYC/SF).

No matter how senior the position, it seems the person wouldn't qualify for Level IV. What would the consequences of that be? Can they just hire them at a Level 3?

[Traster]

Let's face it - it's pretty trivial for Amazon to go "Okay, now we have a H1B tier that get x% less stock and exactly the minimum requried base salary". It's not like they have a problem reaching that total comp, they just like to incentivize employees differently. I don't see them dumping the H1Bs entirely simply because they don't want to rebalance.

[sisama]

Its prohibited for employers to provide benefits to H-1B at a lower level than other workers. Stock/bonus compensation counts in that category.

[firstfewshells]

Managers and above cant be hired at level 3. They are level 4.

https://www.flcdatacenter.com/download/NPWHC_Guidance_Revise...

[swyx]

does the rule not consider stock based comp?