I'm just joining Google as a L3 SWE/SRE my first year compensation is as follows: 131k base 20k starting bonus 20k target bonus 63k stock/year 25k additional comp Total 259k Is this reasonable year 1 compensation? I have 3 years experience, not sure why I was leveled down like this.
3 year leveled down ? 😅🍽🥞
I was IC4 at Apple
63k per year stock? Seems like strong comp to me.
Yes 251 over four years so technically 62.75 but minor rounding error
Damn. You make more than L4’s at Uber
You sure? I think L4 make 260k+ including the target bonus. (w/ RSU at 409a price)
L3 is the right level for your amount of work experience
for a company with massive employees doing nothing important, how dare these silly and incompetent employees down level others so confidently?
I was IC4 at Apple, L3 feels low.
The stock is prob 63k split over 4 years. Other comp is likely 401k and Heath insurance. TC would be 131+20+20+16=187 for first year and 131+20+16=167 for subsequent years. You will likely get refreshers so tc will go up with each.
Humble brag, very cool.
Are all of these comp checks for engineers?
Compensation itself seems fine for YOE, but that’s quite a down level from ICT4.. However, since you’re switching for wlb, it might be a good thing - close to L4 median pay with L3 responsibilities!
OP .. is this is GCP? How was your interview? Did you ace in all ?
Google downlevels everyone