Roku vs Cruise offer
Roku: 240k base 60k stock (each year) Cruise: 188k base 56k yearly bonus 95k worth of rsu (each year) 25k sign-on 8 YOE, living in San Jose! Which one would you choose? Why or why not? FYI, Cruise valuation is 19B and no IPO yet. There is still chance to negotiate with Cruise.
At cruise the bonus is not guaranteed like in companies like LinkedIn google etc. On paper itโs not guaranteed anywhere, but some companies have never missed on giving 100% bonus, while cruise has. So thatโs something to factor in. In terms of tech, cruise sounds better to me, but I donโt know much about the engineering at Roku.
I liked the Cruise position better but commute is a factor too!
Why do you say cruise has "missed on giving 100% bonus"? In past years the only reason for getting no bonus is an NI rating at end of year (basically you are on a PIP), and this year that stays in place but they added a multiplier for good performance. There has never been a company wide reduction in bonus.
I know people who went from Amazon to Cruise and came back due to life-threatening WLB over there. Roku might be better WLB wise, plus real money.
Wlb is pretty shitty at Roku as well. That's what I heard from folks that moved to Roku from amazon
Better than Tibco, thatโs what I heard from people that moved from Tibco to ______.
Roku
Also cruise is very demanding in terms of work pressure. It can be a good thing or bad thing depending upon how you see it, and if you like your work.
Avoid Cruise at all costs. Read Glassdoor reviews to get some perspective
The same guys who valued this at "$19B" also valued wework at "$47B." Same for the likes of Slack, Pinterest, before their IPOs... Don't buy their bullshit.
Cruise offer is still negotiable, should I try that?
I suggest you avoid Cruise at this point regardless of compensation. There are too many cultural issues with the company right now, and I dont think its worth taking that risk. I myself will be leaving in a couple of months PM me for more information if you want.
^^ This
WJBA12 has been all over Blind badmouthing Cruise, and has been saying some questionably racist stuff in our internal channel. Cruise does have its problems but I would take what this guys says with a grain of salt
What kind of work would you be doing at Roku/Cruise?
Deep learning compiler at Cruise and UI framework at Roku
Roku (real money and the stock is out of the bubble so your RSUs are not inflated). You'll work in South Bay with a better lifestyle. Also, the product of Roku actually works.
Unless if you can negotiate with Cruise for a 220k base. That would be fair. Congratulations on the amazing offers.
Cruise. Higher TC, more interesting work, better prestige.
Paper money
Oh, then in that case, get a sign on from Roku and go there.