Amazon WSS Compensation - What Are You Really Thinking?

The reason to take a job is generally at least in part due to a sincere desire not to starve to death. The stock market clearly sees the company that way, since its stock price basically ignores a w s but cares very much about how many under pants shipments there were last quarter. Being a retailer first and foremost also plays into amazons benefits and perks, which are notorious for lagging behind those enjoyed by employees at tech companies of similar size.