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For managers at Amazon potentially, especially if they are in-office in larger cities with technical backgrounds. They might be quoting the recruiting number with benefits, it's usually close to 1.5-2x the gross salary. They also might be doing fancy amortizing math just to make it sound better than it actually is. They can also claw back pre-allocated project dollars by prorating 5 year contracts for anything terminated early so they can claim multiple years off a single contract / project. Still likely going to cost them a lot more than that, when they realize it's not going work out; even if it's only for managers.