I'm at a big law firm in NYC. I'd love an in house position at a tech company, but I've heard Apple, Google, and Facebook only hire from the West Coast law firms. The only lawyer from my firm at those companies went through a coding bootcamp and is now a Google engineer. Amazon is the exception and ...Read more
Does a company employ different law firms? I see that my application is being processed by EIG and all others are being processed by a different law firm. Trying to understand how they decide who handles what?
Real annoyed by financial folks on Blind using firm in place or company word. Maybe it makes sense for financial institutions, but tech companies are what they are - companies.
what is the best for career? and why do u think that?
Do you know if the FAANG and other startups use consulting firms? And if no why not? I know some of the senior guys there are ex consultants.
I am going through my old emails and messages over many years. I have a lot of emails from recruiting companies pitching me on a hot new startup to join. When I google the company names now, they are out of business or stuck at a small size. On the other hand, the startup companies who directly rea...Read more
Theres not an explicit list on Levels.fyi besides best of 2019, so they might need feature request. Anyone know what website has a reputable list? what am i missing? From scouring around best guess is its likely the somewhere along the lines of the following: 1. Facebook 2. Snap 3. Netflix 4. Pint...Read more
Lets use this information for all companies. USA only. Thanks! Company -> Law Firm Qualcomm -> Froagomen
Might not be relevant for everyone, but a good immigration firm is also a criteria for some while switching companies.#workvisa #h1b Updated list - FRAGOMEN Adobe Amazon Cisco Intel Meta/Facebook Nvidia Qualcomm S&P Global Walmart BAL Google LinkedIn Oracle OGLETREE Dell JPMC Oth...Read more
Do large companies have an Request For Proposal process? Where do they submit these requests? And how do contracting firms know to provide a quote? Or is mostly based on connections and networking? Edit: Procurement departments? What’s the process like?
A collection company sent me a letter to pay off some amount. Seems related to Quest Diagnostic. We may have missed the payment few months back. Should I pay to collections or Quest diagnostics directly. I had hard time paying Quest because they need some reference number which is not there on colle...Read more
I got laid-off from Meta in the November wave. I have already accepted an offer from a small (7k employees worldwide) company that will pay me slightly good but I’m about to receive an offer from Bain, senior specialist level. I have 8 YOE and work with marketing. Such a tough decision. The small ...Read more
I’m a junior SWE and feel like I might get PIPed or fired soon. My manager has been distant ever since I made a mistake that brought a lot of negative attention to him and our team. WLB is so good and everything was going great until then. I would love to coast here if I could. I do have a job offe...Read more
Hi all, I work at a startup and we have a meeting next week with a law firm. The title of the meeting is “Equity Presentation” and the organizers are from a law firm specializing in VC backed companies. After the whole news about SVB, this got me worried, since I think the company had money in tha...Read more
And which ones don’t have “golden handcuffs” requiring you to stay for n-time-period if you take the bonus?
I've been working mostly at a tech company in a finance-related role. Recently been considering trying out working in a more traditional finance setting. I definitely know some through friends and my own network, but what do you all think are some of the key differences between working at a more tra...Read more
Is it more difficult for a Silicon Valley unicorn to sponsor H1B than an established firm like Amazon? What about a startup with 20 or so people with 25M in funding?
Anyone made the move from an executive search firm to a company's internal executive search team? If you've made the transition, are you glad that you did? I've been with executive search firms for a while but have recently been contacted by a few companies hiring for their leadership recruiting t...Read more
I have a signed an offer from company A and H1b transfer initiated , now company B which didn’t respond after onsite (2weeks back) came back with a really good offer. I really want company B offer without any issues. The main issue is both the H1B transfer firms are same. Did anyone faced this earli...Read more