1. Why would one want to quit a FAANG company like Google, Facebook or Amazon?

 They’ve got a better job offer from the market.

 The money is not good enough.
 They don’t get promoted.
 The workload is too heavy.

2. Match the words and definitions below.
gamble / leverage / upswing / pay band / breakdown / to plummet / stick around / complacent

a. detailed information that you get by studying a set of figures

b. to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position
c. an action that you take when you know there is a risk but when you hope that the result
will be a success
d. an impact on what people do
e. to stay in a place, waiting for something to happen or for somebody to arrive
f. salary ranges that include the minimum and maximum amount of money the company
can afford to dedicate to compensation
g. too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is
necessary
h. a situation in which something improves or increases over a period of time.

3. Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the previous exercise. Use the correct form
of the word.
1. When the war started share prices ___________ to an all-time low.
2. First, let's look at a __________ of the costs.
3. We can see an _____________ in economic activity.
4. You can't afford to be ____________ about security.
5. She knew she was taking a _____________ but decided it was worth it.
6. ___________; we'll need you to help us later.

4. Watch the video https://youtu.be/wzOGAQhFpew?si=imVz1LFZmfC5fYYf till 5.51

and answer the questions below.

 Why did John quit Amazon?

 What is the Amazon cliff?
 What is bridge cash?
 Why does he think it doesn’t make any sense for him to get promoted?

5. Listen again and fill in the table below. When one works for Amazon, their
compensation consists of… Put the ticks in the correct cells

base bonus (bridge cash) stock package

salary
1 year
st
?
2 year
nd

3 year
rd
 4 year
th

6. Fill in the gaps with the correct answer.

Year 1: You’ve got access to ______ % of stock granted to you.

Year 2: You’ve got _____ % of stock.
Year 3: You’ve got _____ % of stock.
Year 4: You’ve got ______ % of stock.

7. Fill in the gaps with the correct word

plummet/ upswing

8. If the stock is on the ____, you’ll benefit a lot if you stick around.
9. If the stock ______, your stock share is worth dirt.

8) We use all these words below to refer to the amount of money one earns. What does each
of them mean?
 salary
 paycheck
 income
 compensation
 wages

9) Watch the video from 5.51 till the end of the video. Answer the questions below.

How does Amazon encourage talent recycling?

 Would you agree that

 after 2 or 3 years in the same role, an employee becomes complacent and goes
through 90% of processes brainlessly?
 one should constantly check what they are worth in the open market.
What do you think of an employee who is looking for outside pressure testing?