Hi folks, I got a verbal offer for SEG group at Apple. Base 155K, $20K sign on and $130k. I'm already making close to $145k base, have $110K unvested rsu in my current company. Should I take this offer ? I have other interviews lined up. I have total 9 years most of it relevant to the new role. I already had an open conversation with her explaining my plus points and was expecting 20-30% jump from my company to Apple. The recruiter says she'll try to bump up my offer by 5-10% but won't do it/ cannot guarantee it until it goes for approval with her VP and she'll work in my be interest. So I kind of don't have final numbers and I'm being asked to agree upon current offer before she can proceed. What should I do ?
Make a VERBAL commitment to accept the offer with at least an x% bump and keep interviewing. Don’t sign anything until you have final numbers. You lose quite a bit of leverage the moment you commit.
which field? software/ hardware, design/verification/test?
Silicon Engineering Group- System Level Test Engineer
https://haseebq.com/my-ten-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer/
WD? Cmon... why would you still be there? Aapl is anyday better for your resume/further career. Take it even if it is only a lateral move. WD stock will go down like crazy next yr as well due to NAND glut. Also most key execs are following Sanjay into Micron. Flee that sinking ship.
Unfortunately hardware heavy groups in apple don’t pay as well as software positions like Siri.
Is 130k for a year or for four years ? If for a year that's a good TC if for four years horrible TC but it's all relative. You should choose the best of what's available to you but my advice is to keep looking and get competing offers
$130k for 4 years !!
Another thing to keep in mind is refreshers at apple are pretty good.
Get competing offers
A friend of mine also got a lowball offer from Apple, and was told that they won’t offer more unless he had competing offers. So he interviewed with Facebook, got a way better offer there, and then Apple increased his offer *significantly*. It was still slightly below Facebook’s but comparable. Then he accepted. Kinda ridiculous that Apple forces candidates to do this but this seems to be their general strategy. 🤷♂️
Which level is this ??
I don't know.. I've asked the recruiter... She said she'll discuss this over a call with me