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- Doordash e4 refreshers Got this offer from doordash Base: 165k Rsu: 320k over 4 years Location: bay area Recruiter mentioned for meets expectations rating there is 6% base increase and 85k refreshers and this is guaranteed. Can i trust these numbers? Are they guaranteed?
- Rate Facebook (Meta) E7 Offer Current: L7 12 YOE TC 850K (no appreciation) TC 940K (with appreciation) * Current comp has not guaranteed discretion Offer: 100K sign-on 2.8M stock over 4 years 300K base * Assuming meets rating and 440K refresher, it's 1.26M/year Context: Looking for a change (politics) and hav
- Google India annual review Hi all, Expecting an offer from Google.. Haven't got the compensation details yet. 1. when does the annual review happen and is there a cut off month before which one has to join to be eligible for annual base pay hike and bonus? 2. What's the typical hike percent for "Meets expectations " rating
- 10% interest on USDC https://blockfi.com/rates/ https://celsius.network/rates/ Several websites offer close to 10% interest on USDC. USDC is a stablecoin with it's value pegged 1:1 to USD (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/usd-coin/). Does 10% guaranteed return sound too good to be true? Some risks: - the exchange
- vote Amazon vs coinbase Both are for a summer 2022 internship Coinbase: 50/hr No team matching, not sure what return offer rate is Amazon: 53/hr + 7k housing Not team matching, virtually guaranteed return offer since I am good at playing with my 🍌 Also have an offer with hyperscience (NYC): 50/hr Also, can you work w
- vote Meta vs. Jump offer eval Meta TC: 470k + 100k signon (E5) Jump TC: 450k (guaranteed) + 150k signon (core dev) Meta Pros: - Unprecedented upside opportunity at a public company with all-time low stock and great offer for my YOE. With stacking refreshers the guaranteed comp here is rock solid - Large networking opportunity
- Zero risk investment options for very short term Are there any investment options that offer guaranteed non-negative returns with interest rates that aren’t total crap? I’m thinking something like CDs or regular savings accounts, but ideally with slightly higher returns....like 1%. We’re talking on the order of $250k for 0-90 days.
- TERRIBLE Mortgage Broker - Lower.com - Avoid Went against my agent's advice and used them in this crazy competitive market because the sales guy loan officer hawked a hot rate and "guaranteed" they close in 3 weeks or less. End result, lost $10k earnest money and the f#&#+ing house to a backup offer!! I'm filing a complaint with BBB. AVOID TH
- Guaranteed bonuses when moving laterally to a competitor? Have an offer from a bulge bracket competitor. Negotiated a total comp number but offer letter only has base salary in it. Bank is saying bonus is “in the system” and will be met on a handshake agreement basis. They also told me no banks will write the bonus number as a guarantee in the offer letter
- vote Morgan Stanley VP Offer NYC I interviewed for a Data Scientist/Data Engineer (VP) role for Finance. But the formal offer letter just mentioned it as VP in the Administration division. Wondering if Finance comes under Administration division? Any thoughts on the offer? Base: Negotiated from 170 to 200k Bonus: No guaranteed bon
- Citadel/hedge fund bonus after year one Hi, I've been offered a job from Citadel in the range of 180k base / 110k bonus, guaranteed for the first year, but pro-rated. I'm trying to understand how to value this offer beyond the first year. My recruiter tells me that if I meet expectations and the firm does as well, I'll receive a bonus &g
- Switched lender after going "under contract" and saved 0.25% I was preapproved with Guaranteed Rate and went into contract last Friday for a 1.7m SFH. They quoted me bullshit rates even when markets went down last week due to Russian invasion and pushed me to buy points to bring interest rates down. At one point, the loan officer suggested its leave it or tak
- vote Google L3 (External) vs Amazon L5 (Internal) Assuming compensation gap is up to ~20-40k with Amazon offering more, which would you go for? I am currently L4 Amazon with guaranteed promo in next few months, and am rated TT. My pros & cons: G: Pro: - Top of band compensation for low expectation L3 - Great team (work & WLB) - Brand name Con: -
- vote Please Rate my Adobe offer (Non SWE) Position: Sr Product Analyst, Data Science Level: 30 Location: San Jose Base: $137K Annual Bonus: 15% RSU: $140K/4Years Sign-On Bonus: $10K 1st Year TC: $202K Refreshers: Not Guaranteed (depends on the team). Very good WLB: 40 Hrs/week at max (Manager said this). 401K: 50% ESPP (Employee Stock Purc
- Should I take a contract job with FB or convert to full time with Uber I am currently interviewing with FB for a contract position and their hourly rate is much higher than my current position. However, the team here at Uber is converting me to full time. It isn’t a guarantee that FB will offer a full time position after the contract ends, but if they do, I’m sure the
- vote Should I buy this house with high interest rate or wait? I found this lovely house in Castro Valley. My offer of 1 million got accepted and I'm in the inspection period. I can only put %10 down and the lender could get me 900k loan with %4.25 7 year ARM. That was the best I could get, boa and wells fargo only offered 700k loan with slightly better rate.
- vote Any thoughts on Doordash PM culture Have an offer from Doordash for PM role and evaluating whether it makes sense to accept the offer or continue with some of my other interviews ? All interviews are for senior PM roles (FB L5 equivalent). In early stages of other interviews so may not be able to keep Doordash on hold for so long. An
- link Microsoft L65 Manager Offer Rate a msft offer ( : Base : 188K On-Hire Stock : 75k / says immediate Sign on : 30K Annual Refreshers : Target bonus : 0-40% Target Stocks : Only mentions eligible? YoE: 13 Would TC be calculated as 188k+75k+(188k*.40) ? It seems subsequent years, based on how its read, I would have TC at 188
- link Wait for Greencard or leave for better pay I’m an Indian national and my priority date is Dec 2014. I filed my 485 along with an EB2 to EB3 downgrade in 2020 to get an EAD and AP. I received these last year. I will get my Greencard when my priority date becomes current in EB3 but with EB2 moving at a faster rate (and a USCIS note encouragin
- vote Join Microsoft or stay at Amazon I was expecting to be promoted to L5 this quarter but was not. I did get “Exceeds” rating on my Forte and my skip-level manager told me I am close to being promoted. I decided to reach out to some recruiters and managed to get an offer from Microsoft. Amazon Current Level: L4 Current TC: 170k Locat
- How possible to get an E7 offer in FB? Am talking with FB about an E6 offer with FB at the moment. I’ve been on similar role for a long time, like ~4 years. I led a few projects involving 25 engineers and got top ratings for my levels. I could continue contributing for another half for promotion but that’s of course not a guarantee. Mon
- Qualcomm Staff HW offer Board/System level HW EE with 15 years of experience. Qualcomm Staff HW Engineer: Location = San Diego Base = 140k Annual Bonus = 12% RSUs = 75k/3years Sign-on Bonus = 20k Series A Startup offer: Location: Fully Remote Base = 184k Bonus = 20% guaranteed Company performance bonus: 0-80% Options = 1
- Product Manager Job Search Stats I thought others might find these stats interesting/helpful. During the 2019 job search, I had 2+ YoE, and I had just been through a layoff, so I took the first offer that I received. During the 2021 job search, I had 4+ YoE, and I was employed while looking, so I was able to turn down a job offer
- Goldman offer eval I am an ED@MS and have received a verbal offer from GS to join as a VP in NY/NJ area. I have a few questions for this community, would highly appreciate if someone can help 1. Are the bonuses (especially the first year) guaranteed and NOT prorated. the recruiter suggested that even if I join on Dec
- Interview Tip Having interviewed at many places and many times, I have compiled my personal statistics on success rate given interviewer demographic. Recently received Google offer and have also cracked Apple, MSFT, etc Huge tip is if you see all or close to all of your interviewers being overseas Indian (Linked
- LinkedIn seems so underrated - TC wise, LinkedIn on average gives similar if not higher offers than Google and FB (according to Levels.fyi). Example: 300TC for someone with +2 yoe, and 450TC for +4 yoe external hire. - Work-Life Balance wise it's pretty much unbeatable. Probably has the best TC to WLB ratio of any company on a
- Senior Financial Analyst Increased TC Consistently but Needs Direction Sorry for the long post. Thanks for those that get through it. I believe there is a lot of useful TC info as well. Based in Los Angeles… 1st Job for 1.5 years – Analyst, Finance and Corporate Development in TV Production Industry, closed 6 M&A deals. TC 50k Laid off…didn’t work for 8 months. Covid
- vote Facebook vs Indeed vs Bytedance I have offers from Facebook London, Bytedance London and Indeed Tokyo. Facebook E4- £128K p.a. + £30K sign on + £10K relocation bonus. Separate relocation assistance. Guaranteed stock refreshers for Meets All and higher ratings. Indeed L2- ¥25060000 ~ £162K(first year)+ ¥25659000~ £166K(second yea
- link offer evaluation obligatory yoe - 17 in java, includes 10 in android, 13 on dual-intent work-visa. obligatory tc - $90 per hour contractor. Edit - Clover verbal offer updates android contractor hourly rates aren't lucrative, particularly on work-visa, at $65, at most $75 an hour, for 1880 work-hours in a year ( un
- vote Why is Google downleveling a bad thing? When Google downlevels you from a level, it's because their hiring bar for that level is higher compared to other companies. The higher you go, the more stacked they are with long tenured engineers. All of this is from years of reputation as one of the best places to work with high pay and great WLB
- How's interning at Twitch? Hey, so I recently got an offer to intern at Twitch over the summer. The catch is that I'm currently doing an internship and would be normally returning to school next term, for the summer. Since the CS program at my school is flexible, I should be able to easily rearrange my sequence and be fine.
- Buying a house and moving to another state I put in my request to WFH and move to southern California. I find house hunting a little challenging with kids. Few things: - since I'm not commuting to office my search space is very wide. Finding good schools limits my search space but still quite large. - moving and renting for a while is not r
- vote Choosing Safety or Google So… Currently I am working as an Associate Software Engineer (TC 75K) at a company which is pretty slow to promote. I estimate I’d hit Software Engineer status by Summer/Fall 2021 and Senior Engineer status in 2024/2025. Most Senior Engineers at my company currently make around TC 120K-150K. I’ve be
- Unhappy at HFT, how soon should I go back to tech? TL:DR; liked interning at Facebook, got good rating but no offer, joined an HFT full-time, Meta recruiter reached out right before joining HFT, considering trying to rejoin Meta. Basically OP is a whiner who's not happy while making 400k out of school, and wants advice. This past summer I interned
- link should i cancel my refinance? Wanted to pick people's thoughts here who have refinanced. I bought my current place last year and started on the refinance journey in December. Had two offers from Loan Depot and Better.com LD - agent offered my 2.5 no closing costs no points and lender credits with guaranteed waived appraisal. 4
- Need Advice: Choosing two offers Dear Blind, I am a 25 year old mechanical engineer and I have two offers that I'm having a hard time deciding between. Both are located in southern california Offer one: Offer one is at a sheet metal/HVAC company that I worked for before I started working for my most current employer (I left a yea
- vote MS in US vs ...? 27 YO, B.Eng. +2 YOE + MS in CS. TC: 125k $, NW: 0$ Annual saving rate: 35k $ to 60k $ depending on lifestyle. European citizen. Recently finished my MS and started working as a dev in a non faang company in Europe. I'm wondering if I should save some money and then do a master in the US. Reasons
- SWE Interview journey, offers, rejects, tips. Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie
- For all those asking for advice whether to choose MSFT vs Amzn Everyone compares Microsoft refreshers to other FAANG refreshers. That's unfair. I may be on the upper end of the spectrum at msft, but I am not a rock star. I consistently get 140% rewards, where 100% is target and 200% is max. If you work hard, 140 is guaranteed at MSFT, albeit a bad manager. Her
- link Goldman Sachs Compensation Bands Seeing many posts asking about TC at GS, hoping to clarify here (TC <100k not accounted for in polls) August 2019 TeamBlind Poll: Analyst (0 - 3 yoe): 100-150k: 44 votes (88%) 150-200k: 6 votes (12%) 200k+: 0 votes (0%) Associate (2 - 6 yoe): 100-150k: 12 votes (52%) 150-200k: 5 votes (22%) 200
- Advice/Referrals Needed - Attempt to transfer internally to Data Analyst role. Hey community, I have had a weird week. I recently applied for an internal Data job at my company and have been told I got it. This should be great news! However, some of the details around it have changed dramatically. Here is the timeline of information: - I saw the job in an internal board and
- link Bad Business Decision or Malicious Intent TLDR: Manager chain refused to fairly compensate me, and when I finally switched teams they opened a req that pays almost double 😑 Current job title is L4 "Business Intelligence Engineer" in SF bay area with following comp plan: Base - 87k Sign on Bonus - 12k 11 RSU - ~37k TC - ~135k My title is
- How to find a therapist for FMLA at Amazon when you get a Pivot Entry. The process has been very confusing, so here's what I wish I knew upfront: 0. Noone knows which conditions qualify and which don't qualify for FMLA. It's said that "burnout" alone may not qualify as serious enough. It's said that "adjustment disorder w/ anxiety + depressed mood" may qualify. As w
- How Lyft’s Missteps Killed its Chances of Overtaking Uber Article: I If there were ever a time when Lyft had a chance to catch up with Uber, it was last year. A constant barrage of negative publicity, including a #deleteUber social media movement, offered Lyft a gift in terms of picking up business. But while Lyft made some gains, it still finished the ye
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?