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- Airbnb new CFO Airbnb people, what do you think of the new CFO? What are the employees saying? Do you think some level of Amazon 'frugality' principles will transition to Airbnb? Did Brian host an all hands meeting to explain his thinking behind hiring Dave? Amazon people, what do you know about Dave Stephenson?
- Financial Advisor for Airbnb new joiner- worth it? I recently joined Airbnb (non-eng) and my unvested shares value is now > $1M. I’ve never grown up with wealth and have an opportunity to be represented by UBS through a connection. I’m curious if I should look into UBS and professional financial advising. I recently bought my first home so I don
- AirBnB employees, what do you think about your CFO getting fired? Word is he was pushed out for dissgreeing on direction with Brian?
- Doordash, Airbnb IPO, who’s the next IPO Unicron Seems like tons of people achieved financial freedom in the past week with the Doordash and Airbnb IPO. Wondering if anyone having any ideas on which unicorn will go IPO next? So people can join now to bet on something big and hopefully achieve financial freedom before 30 lol #airbnb #doordash
- vote Airbnb Eng Mass Exodus? Heard some rumors that senior engineers (and PMs) are leaving Airbnb after the CFO news. Any truth to it? How is the sentiment among engineers at Airbnb?
- vote Google or Airbnb Friend got an offer from Google and Airbnb. L6 IC at both places. Google TC ~450k, Airbnb TC ~500k. Both are final offers post negotiation. Friend seems biased towards more product choices at Google compared to Airbnb. However, Airbnb probably will work out better financially when IPOs, with a po
- Is Airbnb a good next move? Seems that Airbnb is go to IPO sometime in mid 2019, is it still a good time to join Airbnb? CTO, CFO and some other executive left the Airbnb early this year. Any insider info for that, why they all left before IPO?
- Airbnb vs Facebook offer I have Airbnb L6 offer at 240k base $1200k/4 years vs FB E6 $200k base $800k/4 years, I like both companies, which one will work better financially in 4 years?
- vote Airbnb E5 vs Facebook E5 What would be a better move from career and financial aspect? Offers are comparable after negotiation (~470k per year). For some reason, Airbnb(no real data points) feels like a less hostile/demanding work place compared to Facebook(multiple friends). Not sure about career scope beyond L5 in Airbnb,
- airbnb 2nd round of layoff ? wife is working at airbnb and the internal financial data is still pretty bad. want to get thoughts on the possibility of 2nd round of layoff? should she prapare for interviewing?
- Startups offer better salary than big tech? For someone with two years experience, would moving to one of the successful startups (Pinterest, Airbnb, Snapchat, Dropbox, Slack) have financial upside vs staying at Amazon or going to FB/Google?
- Background check What company does Airbnb and Facebook use for background checks and what are they checking for? Will low credit/credit issue make them rescind an offer? (Non financial & non governmental position)
- Google <=> Airbnb recruiting dynamics Considering Google Capital is an major investor in Airbnb does that change anything about recruiting involving Airbnb? For example Google would obviously have access to Airbnb financials, such as compensation data. They would also know the engineering bar and scope pretty well due. Historically Go
- link Airbnb Folks - what do you think of Tosi? Is this statement true? Some how I got the impression that Tosi is well liked among Airbnb employees. “At Airbnb, Tosi was seen by employees as a shrewd operator who failed to adapt to Airbnb’s progressive culture and follow Chesky’s grand ambitions, said three people who worked with him.” https:/
- Need referrals please, finance roles in tech. 10+ YOE encompassing corporate finance, treasury, financial analysis, business insights. Would appreciate referrals. #jobopening #recruiting #hiring To name a few companies where I see relevant roles posted on LI. #zendesk , #sofi , #twitter , #amazon , #samsara ,#datarobot ,#zoom ,#stripe ,#chim
- Help me understand Airbnb’s refresher TL;DR Would I be eligible for a prorated refresher at the end of 2019 if I join Airbnb mid-January? In other words, does Airbnb prorate refreshers or are they are only awarded if you worked the full year, from January 1st? For example, I understand Google does not prorate them, meaning you’re far
- vote AirBnb Apple or Google L4 offer for Airbnb and Google ICT3 for Apple Airbnb - 170 base, 270k equity, 15% bonus, TC 263 and 25k sign on Google - 155 base, 338k equity, 15% bonus, TC 263 and 50k sign on Apple - 170 base, 300k equity, 8% bonus, TC 260 and 50k sign on Google and Airbnb will tax me as a Texan, Apple would ta
- Financial Analyst referral needed Hello everyone, I'm posting on behalf of my spouse, who is looking for Financial Analyst roles in tech & fin-tech. She has over 8+ YOE in asset management (#mutualfund #stocks) as a Senior Financial Analyst and a Senior Business Analyst. She recently finished grad school (MS in Finance). She is o
- What's happening at Airbnb? Is there something going on at Airbnb? From what I heard, at least 7 engineers left the company in the past month - sounds like a pretty high turnover rate. From the outside, we only know recent management change - CFO leaving and new COO announcement. Also heard about the controversial high level
- Looking for Remote/Austin Referrals! (: Been with my company for ~5 years, looking for a new role. Good company with great wlb and benefits, however the work moves too slow and I don't have an interest in staying within financial services. Hoping to break into the tech space, though I don't want to limit myself to only tech companies. My
- Airbnb Payments How’s the work at Airbnb payments team? Just got offered a L4 position and considering Payments team. How are the engineering challenges? Culture and WLB seems pretty good from what I’ve read. Also, is it a good time to join Airbnb given the recent exodus of employees and the controversy around CF
- link How is Airbnb in 2019? (With new exec hires) I’m curious how Airbnb is in 2019. There’s a lot of threads here on Blind, but curious how it’s changed given the recent new exec hires. (They’ve had > 90 days so should have had a chance to settle in) New CTO: https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2018/10/25/airbnb-is-bringing-on-new-cto-f
- Copy Robinhood Checkings/Savings model in India given the condition of Indian banks Bhaiyas and Bhaiyees of Blind. You and I know Indian public and private banks are pretty shit. Let us copy RobinHood’s checkings/savings model shamelessly in India. You see Ola copied Uber. Oyo copied Airbnb. Flipkart of course. Financial sector is untouched. Pls do the needfull.
- Salesforce Ohana My partner works in Airbnb and today's (and coming days') news are heartbreaking. They have a really special community and it's difficult to see it fractured this way. To any affected... I won't hide I've had a lot of ups and down since joining Salesforce but we're a good company with a diversifie
- Stripe’s New Offer policy on RSU Stripe made a big change in offer policy: rather than giving a four-year initial rsu grant, they give you a fixed dollar amount stock when every year ends at the value at the time. This is very different from other companies. People joins such a company for its growth while Stripe intentionally cap
- If you were a CEO how would you handle mass layoffs? I’ve been pondering over this, assume you’re a CEO, and your primary objective is to look out for your business/company. You have investors to satisfy and ensure your company is growing while minimizing losses. You and the CFO and other top executives have come to the conclusion that a % of your co
- Joining around IPO Time? Hi, Wondering if anyone could share their experiences joining a company weeks before or after IPO or direct listing or spac merger? I’m curious as to the different scenarios that could happen to your equity... E.g Airbnb doubled its first day, was grant price locked in for RSUs if you hadn’t been
- Are you really tech unicorns?? Do you think healthy tech unicorns crumbling in matter of 2 months and laying off 1000s of employees was avidable? Do these and potentially ones coming shortly could have been financially more lean and frugal to avoid this? These companies shouldnt be unicorns only beacuse for $1B valuation but sho
- Ways to save tax in India [ for TC>60 LPA] Just realised I'm about to pay around 20 lac in taxes alone in next financial year. That's a whole lot of money and I believe there are so many of us. Any ideas which you might have applied in the past to save taxes? I heard some policy around buying a house through stock money but not sure about t
- Airbnb - Suggest best teams I recently cleared the interview stage with Airbnb. And I'm now in the team matching phase. I am seeking suggestions on which teams are the best in terms of technically challenging work, opportunities to build systems from scratch, take ownership of projects and of course in terms of impact. Any new
- Startup I used to work for big fundraise Company I used to work for went through a big fund raising round and puts my equity worth between $200-400k. (Based on 409A evaluation) CFO offered to buy from me for $40k before funding was announced. How can I sell my shares, and avoid low ballers like the CFO. I’m fine even giving liquidity dis
- HELP! Can you give me a referral? Hi, Can anyone refer me to any of the companies below? I'm relocating to the Bay Area or Seattle (depend on the job) and would appreciate it SOO much if you could help refer me. Even if your company isn't listed and you are still willing to refer me please let me know. Background: Financial Analys
- Airbnb/Vacation Home in Tahoe/Truckee region My wife and I love to ski. We end up spending thousands every year on accomodations in Tahoe (Airbnb's, hotels). Would love to gain some insight from folks who have a property in the Lake Tahoe region. I'm considering the purchase of a townhome in Truckee (~800k) and hope to spend a couple of month
- Seeking FAANGMULA+ Referral (Outside US) SWE Yoe 9 TC 45k USD/y Loc Asia I'm looking for FAANG (or should I say MANGA?) MULA+ (or companies of similar stature) referrals outside US (UK, Germany etc). I have 9 years of industry experience (Java 8/11 - Spring Boot, Webflux, Vert.x) of working in one of the top mobile financial services in
- Looking for referrals for my wife Hi everyone! My wife currently works as a Sr Financial Analyst at Estée Lauder, and is looking to urgently move out. Her manager put her on PIP today. We are both in a state of shock right now and are reaching out to everyone possible to help her through this. Please please DM me if you or your com
- Airbnb Will Never Go Public I'm convinced Airbnb will never actually go public. They said they won't this year, despite having been "2 years from an IPO" for the last three years and fired the CTO who was supposed to take them public, so they aren't in any rush to IPO. But why woul they ever? Companies go public maybe for two
- 4 Months Post Layoff, Still No Luck | Seeking Referrals Going on four months after layoff and while I've had some traction, including a couple of final rounds with FAANG, I haven't landed an offer yet. A bit discouraged at this point, but know I have to keep pushing because I feel so close. I have 7 YOE between consulting and financial services and a MB
- FB/G: Grass greener on the other side When I was at FB, its blind channel was full of complaints about crappy code, bad wlb, high stress, etc. and folks advising to switch to Google, Airbnb etc. for a better life. I was there for 4 years, was fed up with the hectic life and moved to Google. Now on Google’s blind channel I see folks co
- Looking for place to stay in January 2019 in the Bay Area Me and my girlfriend are from Montreal and new to all this, but really excited. Requirements: Accept small dog. We have a Yorkshire (I don’t like him but comes with the girl...) Looking to lease for 12 months (hopefully get a discount). Below 3.5k per month. Needs to be modern (or charming) nea
- Remote Product Design Referrals Hello, I'm starting to ramp up my job search and would appreciate any referrals at any consumer product companies or FAANG-ish like companies. I'm currently a Lead UX Designer for a large agency working on transformational product experiences for large clients (ex. T-Mobile, Verizon, Pfizer and the
- Do I need a Google/Fb experience on my resume Having just been through an ipo, I feel that the pay off of a pre-ipo company is better than Faang (may not apply to all, but my previous faang offer I didn’t choose is lower than what I earned in Airbnb by a significant percentage.) So financial wise I am considering applying for another preipo for
- Referrals for Product Marketing Hi everyone, I have 8 years of experience in financial services as a data analyst—also 2 years as head of growth and product marketing at a startup. I would love to join a tech company as a Product Marketing Manager. Why am I looking for a new job? US BANK acquired Union Bank (public info). 90% of
- [India]Income tax notice for paying rent to parents and claiming HRA tax exemption. Due to work from home i am staying in a tier 2 city which is 200km from my work place. if am paying a rent of 30k per month to my father and submit HRA with pan card. can i still get tax exempt on HRA even though the house i am paying rent is 200km far from my office? will there be any problem o
- Referral for Product manager job in Canada (PR holder) #product Hi Blind Community, I just joined Blind and was awestruck - what an amazingly helpful community, what superb level of information/knowledge on various topics (my interest for now is in job-related ones). I am looking for #productmanager #product referrals. Please help with referrals for F
- Blind lingo .. I’ve been on blind for about 3 months and I see a lot of acronyms .. just starting this thread to list as many as possible .. Update: TC 300k (I got the GTFO.. see below) (Updated based on comments) TC: total compensation FAANG: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google Faamgmula- FAANG + Microso
- Income Tax notice on and claiming tax exemption Under HRA. Due to work from home i am staying in a tier 2 city which is 200km from my work place. if am paying a rent of 30k per month to my father and submit HRA with pan card. can i still get tax exempt on HRA even though the house i am paying rent is 200km far from my office? will there be any problem of
- Open to Senior/lead data science/data science manager referrals! DM me if you are hiring! Hi guys, I have started looking for new opportunity in data science. I am open to Senior/lead positions. Qualification and experience: PhD in Statistics, 5+ years of experience post PhD. I am in particular interested in the pre IPO companies (but open to any company as long as their product have
- Startup Idea: Gas Siphon A marketplace where you can list what gas is in your auto and what you paid. For example 91 Octane $2.81 a gallon. Someone else can offer to buy it. A trusted gas siphon person probably wearing a badge shows up to take from your tank and fill the other. Financials: - estimate the average consume
- Realistically what are the odds of getting into a good tech company? I know when you are on Blind, it seems everyone works for FAANG and makes 500k TC but in my personal circle, I’m the only one that works in tech. It’s like, of course everyone seems to be an investment banker if you frequent a Wall St forum. Realistically, what are the chances of working for a goo
- Compensation Tiers of Companies for Tech Jobs By popular demand, I'm reposting one of my replies on another thread. This tiering is based on both trajectory and overall scale of total comp (base+bonus+stock) for IC positions. Edit: subsidiaries with the same pay go under the parent (e.g. Twitch and Amazon) Based off of all the comp data points