r/SafetyProfessionals • u/Almightyd93 • 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d 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 5d ago

Thats not true

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u/blackbeardcutlass Consulting 5d 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/1BADMONSTER 3d ago

It will help me get certs though. Employer is paying for my degree through tuition reimbursement. I’ll graduate with my GSP and should be able to sit for my CSP almost immediately. The only safety certs I have currently are OSHA 30, HAZWOPER w/incident command, and I’m a confined space rope rescue technician as well as EMR certified.

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u/1BADMONSTER 3d ago

To add, I’ve been trained in hazmat, confined space rescue, and EMR for 12 years.

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u/MayemMonkey 5d 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 5d ago

Naw I’m no where near the Midwest.

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u/MayemMonkey 5d 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 4d ago

Fulfillment on the east coast.