India, March 19 -- An Indian-origin UX designer has shared why he chose to leave Amazon for Google, despite initially being excited about his role at the e-commerce giant.

Ganesh Karthik Sankar, 29, who is now based in Seattle and works at Google, had joined Amazon in April 2025 as a product designer. Speaking to Business Insider, he said that he was initially excited about the role, particularly the chance to work on projects at scale and the higher compensation.

"By April 2025, I'd accepted an offer from Amazon and moved to Seattle. I was genuinely excited about the role - especially the opportunity to work on projects at a much larger scale. The compensation was also a significant increase from my previous position," he told Business...