Just got an offer from Google, this is for Kirkland. Initial Offer: Base: $145k Stock: $300k Bonus: 15% Asked for more stock and ended up getting $350k. Is this a good offer? I dont have any competing offers Vesting schedule is 40/28/20/12, so first year TC is $300k YOE: < 3 Current TC: $215k
Have a PM offer from Google. What’re your thoughts? Low, high, average? yoe: <2 L4 Seattle/Kirkland Salary: 130k Stock: 145k Bonus: 35k
$207k base 20% bonus as usual $950k stock over 4 years 30k sign-on 515k y1, 485k y2,3,4 this is for Kirkland, WA current TC: 320k #tech #google
L3 Google Cloud SWE in Kirkland Initial offer is 114k base, 143k Stock, 20k sign on. I have competing offers within Microsoft and one of the potential Microsoft managers is keen on competing with my Google. Thoughts, tips on negotiations?
House price - 1.2M Location - Kirkland Household TC - 380k Total savings (including vested stock but excluding 401k) - 400k yoe - 7 (approx the same for both) No kids but may have in the next 2-3 years Visa status - H1B (2 years left and i140 at least an year away) Buy or wait ?
Got the following offer for Google Kirkland L3 SWE Base: 143k Signon: 30k Stock: 135k front loaded Target bonus: 15% of base TC 240k Y1, then ~225k with refreshers TC 190k, 1.5 YOE
TC is exactly same. 185k (base + (stock + sign) / 4) G (Kirkland) ->; Google GCP frontend product FB (Seattle) ->; Bootcamp. My concerns: 1. I value growth over WLB (And based on what everybody is saying, FB seems to be a better place to grow). 2. Green card policy. I think FB PERM issue has b
I am in the gmatch phase. I have a team matched in Kirkland already. But MTV is my first preference. I currently don't have any team match in MTV. It's been 3 weeks since hc result. I have 2 options. Reject the Kirkland team and go all in on mtv team match. It can take forever to get a match. May n...Read more
Got the following offers. Format is Base/Stock/Signon cash/Annual Bonus - Microsoft L61, Redmond 150/230/100/18 TC 285k first 2 years, then 235k. With refreshers. - Google L4, Kirkland 143/180/30/23 TC 245k for 4 years with refreshers Which one seems better? 1.75 YOE
Friend has an offer (doesn't know TC yet) from Google for L3 SDE. Recruiter has asked for expectations. How much should she give for mountain view and Kirkland in terms of base, stock? She has 6 months experience and a master's degree from a top university. Any help will be great.
I live alone and want to finally buy property to live in and stop paying for rent. I grew up in Kirkland and I’ve never left WA so I know I’ll stay here for a long time. I was looking at Bellevue and Seattle and condos are a lot more affordable but also see some townhomes that are in my price range...Read more
Current TC: 197K (base + cash + stock vesting/year) YOE: 6.5 Level: 62 Location: Seattle/Kirkland Competing offers: Apple and a couple startups TC offered: 140K/380K and sign on of 20K Have competing offers - how much do you think I can negotiate up and which components?
Comp breakdown — $135k base $20k bonus (performance based) $35k stock Good offer? Should I take? Its at the kirkland office. Theres also indicators that I can apply for promo soon since I interviewed higher than L3 but not quite L4. YoE: 2 ps: Reason my current company says google is because I’m...Read more
Recently received offer from Google and want to get a sense of how good this is. Base: 210K Stock: 675k Sign on: 25K Including the target 20%, (and with the accelerated vesting schedule), TC is 499K I’ll be based in Seattle/Kirkland Product YOE: 3; other YOE: 7 Current TC: 300k
Is it a good idea to buy a new SFH in Kirkland or Redmond or Bellevue area for 2 mil (or less if we get it) to move closer to our offices given you have a house in outskirts of Seattle? We will need to sell our current SFH w/ around ~400k gain. HH income: ~675k Edit: we are in our early 30s. Stock...Read more
SDE, 4 yoe all in Amazon, current TC 280k (stock appreciation, otherwise Amazon pay sucks). Looking for companies that pay at least 300k, in the Seattle area (Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland). FB doesn't hire less than senior (need at least 6 yoe) in the area. Already have an onsite with G. Loo...Read more
My recruiter has asked me what my compensation expectations are for a L3 SWE position for the Seattle/Kirkland area. I was told that this would be a more senior L3 given the YOE. I am unsure what numbers to give. Current deets (at MSFT): Base: 110,000 Bonus: 25,000 Stock: 70,000 YOE: 3 #google
$320k in stock and cash reserves $40k in Robinhood Future Stock Vests (2022-23) = $750k House $$ range = $1.5 Mill - Bellevue/Kirkland Credit Score = 760, 777, 753 Wife Credit Score = 742, 744, 730 Questions: - Are there any lenders that will do a Jumbo 10% + 10 %? I don’t want to necessarily pay...Read more
Went to a few open houses in Bellevue/Kirkland area and all of them are getting multiple offers. One went over 200k in asking. Even with layoffs and the stock market dip, who is affording these? I mostly saw Asians there but are these people scared of layoffs? Fyi I’m selling mine to upgrade close...Read more
1.6 M NW with 350-400k house hold income depending on stock price. One kid. Living in North Seattle. Own an old house built in the 60s which worth ~950k with 360k mortgage left. Thinking to move to a better school district. I can afford a house but any decent house nowadays will make me house poor....Read more