CompensationMay 21, 2019

ServiceNow offer evaluation

Hi all, need help evaluating a ServiceNow offer. It's a SDE 2 full stack position. I have 1.5yrs exp. 115k base 10%bonus 55k RSU vests over 4 yrs what do you guys think?? is this average for my experience? current TC 120K

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Intuit ffgg May 22, 2019

Are the RSUs $13.75k per year, for a total of $55k received over all 4 years?

Workday PPJ OP May 22, 2019

Yes

ServiceNow idkdude May 22, 2019

pretty good offer. they can go up to 120/15/75

Intuit ffgg May 22, 2019

Personally if I was you I would wait another 1.5 yrs then jump ship for an even bigger TC Your current TC is 120k Your new TC would be 115+11.5+13.75=140.25 That’s only a 16.875% increase If you wait another year, year and a half, you could command I’d say a 50%+ jump to a TC of $180k

Workday PPJ OP May 22, 2019

Can’t I just join and hop to another one after 1.5yrs?? Or does that look bad on my resume?

Intuit ffgg May 22, 2019

The optics of hoping twice for a ~20% increase are worse than one hop for about ~40%. If demand for SWEs is still very high in 2 years it likely wouldn’t matter. But it’s hard to say what the future holds.

ServiceNow rokyracoon May 22, 2019

Why didn’t you push for a SDE 2 position? SDE 1 is basically 0yoe

Intuit ffgg May 22, 2019

I second this.

Workday PPJ OP May 22, 2019

I just asked the recruiter, it’s a sde2

Workday PPJ OP May 22, 2019

I pushed it to 120k/65k after first round of negotiation

Intuit ffgg May 22, 2019

Go you! Woot :)

ServiceNow idkdude May 22, 2019

proud of you my son

Workday PPJ OP May 22, 2019

Seems the same lol

Intuit SDdeveng Apr 20, 2020

What location was your offer for?