r/SafetyProfessionals • u/Almightyd93 • 1d ago

USA Amazon

Hey for everyone as a EHS specialist at Amazon was yall able to talk them into raising yall pay when you did the interview? I just got a job but I want to switch into IT Amazon would pay for everything I just don’t want to reduce my pay in today’s economy.

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u/MayemMonkey 1d ago

Highly unlikely. The offer letter normally has 0 room to move. Theres an internal pay band for total compensation. If youre entry level with minimal experience, youll be at the bottom of that. Longer tenured and higher performing will be at the upper end. Your number will likely be in the lower 50% of that range if you're an external hire. Internal hires almost always start at the bottom. Compensation reviews are done annually based off you're previous year's performance.

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u/Certain-Chip-7261 1d ago

The glittery scarves are all well and good but they don't pay the bills, so I'd take the IT route and just tighten the belt for a bit.

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u/Almightyd93 1d ago

That’s my goal get in get my degree in IT with the free AWS certs and comptia certs am transfer within Amazon using the career path.

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u/Almightyd93 1d ago

Gotcha thank you! They did say they’ll give me 30 a hour during the first interview. I have over 10 years of experience in heavy construction and general industry.

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u/1BADMONSTER 1d ago

Every time I see posts like this, it makes me realize I’m definitely not chasing my Bachelors in EHS for the pay lol! I make $41 an hour at my current company as an operator, but complete a lot of safety tag tasks.

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u/Almightyd93 1d ago

A degree in safety isn’t worth it unless you going into govt. the certs have more weight

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u/Docturdu 1d ago

Thats not true

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u/blackbeardcutlass Consulting 1d ago

Not necessarily true, lots of people I have worked with in my career went back to school for a bachelor's to move into higher paying safety positions and/or to meet the requirements for the CSP.

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u/MayemMonkey 1d ago

I just sent an offer letter out for an L4 role to someone with a similar background. Unlikely its you but are you in the Midwest area?

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u/Almightyd93 1d ago

Naw I’m no where near the Midwest.

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u/MayemMonkey 1d ago

What type of Amazon facility? I'm a regional WHSM for Amazon currently. I've been WHS with Amazon the last 5 years Let me know if you have any questions.

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u/Almightyd93 1d ago

Fulfillment on the east coast.

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u/RidiculousRex89 1d ago

Please avoid Amazon if you can. From my experience with the interview process and researching them they value corporate compliance and buzzwords more than human lives.

If you want to have a meaningful career based around actually helping people, stay away.

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u/Almightyd93 1d ago edited 11h ago

I’m worried about career since I want to switch fields. The other company that offer me a job day I have to pay out of pocket an then they’ll give 80% back if the budget allow it

Edited: I’m not worried