Companies that pay higher than Uber for SWE L5 equivalent
I joined Uber 9 months ago. To be fair, Uber pays SWEs very well. However, I'm not a big fan of my team and project, and the culture in general. I started looking elsewhere. To begin with, I talked to traditionally high paying companies. It was strange that Google recruiter discussed comp (for L5 level) with me even before scheduling a phone screen. They said they wanted to set a realistic expectation for comp. I thought it was just Google or it was just that recruiter. Then literally same thing happened with LinkedIn for a Staff level position. I asked her why they discussed comp so early. She said they had a lot of candidates turned down their offers in favor of Uber's. They just wanted to save time for both me and them. They simply cannot match Uber for comp. I told her that comp isn't the most important, but then she just gave me the absolute maximum comp for the level, which is indeed a lot lower than my current comp. So which companies can match Uber comp for L5/E5 level? TC $475k (excluding signon bonus, equity based on fair market value), 8 yoe
LOL. On one side that explains why HR wanted to be honest with you on the TC, on the other side, this maybe why Uber has bad culture. Curious to know the maximum for L5 at fb and google. pls DM me.
I guess so. Uber has to pay a premium to get people in and the bar keeps going lower. That's one reason I don't like the team
That’s quite a strange thing for you to say, given that you yourself joined recently and were evidently paid well above market rates.
What's the valuation you use for a 475 TC?
Some calculation is wrong with your current TC? Maybe joining bonus included? Curious to know.
Updated the post to clarify
In my case, fb just beat out uber. Uber recruiter got stunned. BTW it's my third time saying no to Uber.
That's not what your Blind username says. And why are you at G. Did G beat out F?
Ahh. No. I didn't change it to fb. Yeah fb lowballed. Then Uber came along and fb became serious.
What’s your base though? TC at uber is fake until they IPO
How are you calculating TC? When talking with the recruiter about my Uber offer they were taking future refreshers into account which increased it from 400k to 450k. Whereas Google didn't include it in their calculation.
I did include bonus and refresh target in my calculation of Uber TC. LinkedIn said they only gave refresher to top of top performers, so expect zero refresh. I forgot to ask about refresh at Google. What's the target for L5?
Around 120k I think, not sure since I'm new
Your TC for your first year will be much less than that if you leave now, since you’d forfeit your first year’s equity.
I think op is not leaving within a year
What is the break down? 475k sounds pretty awesome
Really? Their stock is going to zero
Well at least it's not paper money.