Has Amazon been hounding you?
I was talking to a friend about how Amazon recruiters have sent me an email almost every weekday since Decemberish (sometimes two or three) and they mentioned that they had experienced something similar. It is different recruiters, so it's not just one particularly persistent individual.
Is anyone else seeing similar? Is Amazon desperate?
Canada, Vancouver area, yeah they're pretty aggressive. I acknowledge them, feel good about being approached by a FAANG and delete them because neither would I receive an offer nor would I take it if I did.
I think there's big pressure on all the FAANG companies right now. They must be losing staff.
I've received two today as it happens; one with a quite conversational tone, and the other with a five-point questionnaire. I have to say I quite liked the transactional nature of the second one, it felt more real.
Both were for abnormally low level roles, so perhaps in a few months time they'll be sending me info about jobs wallpapering their warehouses.
Edit: Ick, reading the other comments the pay is higher than I realised for the roles they're suggesting. I'm feeling different an hour later.
If you disable downloading images in your emails, the recruiters will eventually stop emailing you.
About a week ago I am Amazon recruiter signed me up for their coding quiz without even asking me.
AWS is growing faster than they can staff, luxury problem.
Yes. I'm seeing emails from multiple recruiters and often the same recruiter reaches out 3-5 times. I just ghost them because a) I have asked them to drop me off their list before and b) I have no idea how they got the email address that they're using.
I used to have a rule that if the words "Amazon" and "recruiter" were in the email body then it went straight to trash. I may have to add that back.
I've gotten 5+ emails each from probably 20 different recruiters over the past year. I thanked a few for their time but it's always a new recruiter so I just ignore
I delete most of the emails but I guess I accidentally archived a few
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I got several emails over the years, like normally once a year or so. Late last year I got 3 in the span of ~4 months or so. Ignored them for multiple reasons, main one being that they don't have an office in my country and I'd have to relocate, which is practically impossible for a number of reasons.
Yes, multiple times a week, and I previously worked at Amazon too. They all go straight into the trash.
I haven't looked for a job nor logged into LinkedIn in 5 years (if people still use that). I also had a weeeiirddd interview with them once, and another time I took a prescreen which I screwed up pretty badly.
I get a few e-mails from them a month.
just tell them you're old and they'll instantly go away, never to return.
Amazon (as well as others) are desperate to fill roles - everyone is up leveling quickly, and they didn't have the comp to match. This is why they've roughly doubled their salary cap.
I get maybe one a week. Last one sent me a super old copy and paste. Included a link to a networking event from last September, and the job link was to Amazon’s internal job listing site.
I've told 20-30 Amazon recruiters that I'd never work for Amazon.. ever. I haven't heard from them in a month or so, so I think they might have finally gotten the message.
I get inquiries quite frequently but as soon as they look me up in their system they ghost. I had an unsuccessful interview back in 2019 and it appears I've been blacklisted.
Anyone gotten an offer lately? I hear they bumped their comp. What comp package does an average SDE level 2 or 3 (5-10 YOE if I understand their levels correctly) get these days?
Not of late. I've had someone from Amazon email me every few months, but I guess I'll prepare for a barrage.
No, I'm not looking, and I've never wanted to work for Amazon.
Yup, same. Currently not looking, but after being placed with an incredibly rude interviewer in the past I will never pay them any attention
Yep there's certainly been a surge. I've been contacted by a handful of Amazon recruiters in the last few weeks.
The cadence is so regular that I wonder if it's even humans writing them
Just be grateful you are a hot commodity and move on with your life.
since the new year ive gotten several a week, not even from the same recruiter. i get asked for my current role and location, as well as my desired location and role.
Yes, and I can't stand it.