How Much Did Ethan Evans Make at Amazon?

Ethan Evans says his target pay in his last year at Amazon was $900,000. The stock usually did better than the target, so he tended to make a low $1 million. That was what Amazon thought he was worth. This year, working for himself, he expects to finish around $700,000 or $800,000.

The hours are the other half of the comparison. Amazon was 50 to 60 hours a week, plus travel. Now it is an average of 20 hours a week, with a lot of vacation. If you had asked him at Amazon how happy he was, he would have said 7 or 8 out of 10. He was well paid and the work was large. Now he says 11 out of 12. He moved up about three points, and he had not known the scale went to 12. He had not known he could work from home, only on work he loves, only part of the time, and make about the same money. He tells people he is much happier, and he did not know that would be true before he left.