Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation at Amazon?

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Asked 9 years ago to all employees at Amazon

37 Answers from Employees at Amazon

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We get upt taken even if we dont use it , so they can keep our VCP , we get paid less than fastfood even at a tier 3 level

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I can barely live on the hourly rate, stocks are nice, if you work here long enough to even get them. There is a catch to everything

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Ship clerk/ship dock, is the most under paid job at Amazon. Ship clerk is mentally and physically stressful. The pay needs to be higher.

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I took a pay cut to come here, and it's going to be worse when my signing bonus runs out in 6 months.

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Ops managers have no training on assosicate interactions.They hire people in MANAGEMENT with a degree but no practical warehouses experience

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The stock options are terribly small compared to many other companies and the benefits barely cover most medical costs.

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Pay cap is a joke. I have nothing to push for and feel I'm just a number.

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Junk hourly pay for fairly high level data analysis that's well below market value.

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Need to give a competitve base w.r.t industry standards

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have not had a pay raise in 7 years

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Low recognition and low pay for assigned responsibilities

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Better work life balance