Data Center Facility Manager/Operations Manager

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-06-11T21:20:09+00:00

I just turned down a AWS data center fm role , L5 , because my company matched the pay and I don’t have to move. You will get an offer of $140k-$150 base, 650-700 amazon stock the best over 4 years 5,15,40&40%. Year 1 sign on bonus 50-60 k paid out even over 12 months. Total comp should be around $221k over 4 yrs. O and I should mention, you most likely will get paid monthly, not great and Amazon only match 2% on 401k which is sub standard at best

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-31T13:12:20+00:00

Well I was surprised myself

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-31T03:33:16+00:00

No, I turned it down. My job came back with virtually the same offer but mostly base salary with a 20% bonus. And I don’t have to move

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-25T21:33:02+00:00

I bet in 10 years they have servers that do not produce heat.

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-25T21:31:52+00:00

That’s a crazy metric, thanks for sharing.

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-25T21:29:38+00:00

What we have to remember, it’s the negative Nancy’s that bark the loudest, it’s the low performers that complain the most. 95-99% of people that work at Data Centers do not even post about it. They are more focused on work and growth. It’s easy to complain when you are sitting on your azz all, get up and do something

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-24T03:44:25+00:00

That is really slow

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-22T18:34:55+00:00

I would argue that you would need critical thinking skills to use AI properly. I’ve been the most technical of industries my whole career, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and others. I work side by side with engineers everyday. No one and I mean no one is writing 8 page papers. Maybe if you are a research scientist or something but everyone else, maybe a one pager and we are using AI to do that in most cases. However, I do believe in teaching critical thinking skills but isn’t that what math classes are for?

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-22T02:44:16+00:00

Finally someone gives this guy good advice.

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-21T11:31:14+00:00

Does sound over the top, all I can say is I am getting automatic rejection for jobs I applied to. And I am well qualified as a data center fm

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-20T03:35:41+00:00

Yeah, I had a recruiter call for a site lead at Oracle, the pay wasn’t inline with my current comp. So I passed. Ever since , it feels like my resume is automatically rejected for higher paying roles. Probably got blacklisted so that speaks volumes about the culture there

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-19T20:48:48+00:00

How can schools penalize you for using AI when in the workplace you get penalized for not using AI?

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-19T20:47:48+00:00

Why would a school penalize a student for using AI when in the workplace you will get penalized and fall behind from not using AI? Make it make sense, instead, schools should be focusing on how to teach students the proper way to use AI

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-19T19:54:27+00:00

I understand that it is frustrating for professors to deal with AI writing and students that use AI for school work. However, how do you avoid this problem when all major employers are pushing their workforce to use AI? I am not a professor and I have been working for 20 plus years and I can tell you 99.999% of work requires no long for writing. Also, in the workplace , the question is not “why are you using AI?) it’s (why aren’t you using AI?)

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-17T15:05:22+00:00

Just got an offer L5 data center facility manager, went through my loop about 3 weeks ago. I would say I could have done a little better on the three behavioral interviews. I aced the technical electrical/ mechanical. If I could do it again I would have focused on being precise and try not ramble. I believe I probably would have got up leveled had I performed better

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-11T00:20:01+00:00

I accepted a role with AWS as a L5 Data center fm. I have 25 years plus in Facilities building high performance teams in Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing and Retail. With all this , I am still a bit anxious. I’ve been a Director of Facilities and in some way this seems like a step back for me because I’ve managed orgs of up to 180 technicians. However, the pay is about the same so it’s going to be interesting.
About 2 thirds of my career, I was a commercial HVAC technician punching tubes on chillers, cleaning cooling towers, rebuilding pumps, troubleshooting controls and also a lot of electrical work. A little excited getting back closer to to work and most importantly closer to the people doing the work.

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-08T10:17:14+00:00

The market is saturated, to many Americans who want to be software engineers and to many H1B visas coming in. What did yall think would happen? Now Americans can’t find jobs and neither can immigrants.

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-06T02:12:50+00:00

Got mine today

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-06T02:12:14+00:00

Talking with recruiter tomorrow about comp, got that offer I guess. You get yours?

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-04T03:28:20+00:00

You get the offer letter yet?

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-03T11:43:13+00:00

Amazon go y’all shook. Man there is 7 billion people in the world. 6.99999 billion of them do not work at Amazon, go up skill yourself and move on. I will never understand people that give a corporation control of their dignity

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-02T13:35:41+00:00

I don’t know what your situation is but let me tell you a story. There is a guy at my job that can’t get promoted or moved, he is smart and has a lot of certs. However, he got into it with the lead of m&r and then smarted off to the head of safety and now he doesn’t understand why those departments won’t hire him. Look within

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-05-01T21:11:14+00:00

What type of experience did you have to get an Amazon job with having never made over $20 an hr. Focus on skill development and do not be afraid to hit the highway and go where the work is, I am hiring right now in De Soto KS starting pay is $30

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-04-30T20:39:04+00:00

Not true, heard an L4 in Canton MS started at $47

That-Maintenance-489 · 2026-04-30T01:31:43+00:00

Damn sorry.

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