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- link Servicenow IC3 offer post negotiating Accepted verbal offer for fully remote role on platform side. Location: Kirkland/seattle Base: 195k RSU: 157k/4 Bonus: 10% Tried to get a sign on bonus or extra rsu but they wouldn't budge any higher. Was able to get extra 15k on base instead. Had other offers from startups but they were lower. T
- vote Evaluate this offer please Offer is for sr. swe at servicenow. Remote location but technically kirkland. Will be on the platform side. Base: 180k Rsu: 150k/4 yrs Total tc: 217k Current tc: 124k 4.5 yoe Location: seattle/kirkland What's the max rsu I can push to? Base is near top of the band from what recruiter said. Appare
- L5/L6 At Google, Kirkland potential compensation? How much is the base, rsu and cash bonus for L5/L6 PM in google Kirkland? Any idea.
- Rate my Google L6 EM offer $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
- Convince me to choose Kirkland over MTV for google 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
- vote FB E3 vs G L3 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
- L4 PM offer Review Have a PM offer from Google. What’re your thoughts? Low, high, average? yoe: <2 L4 Seattle/Kirkland Salary: 130k Stock: 145k Bonus: 35k
- vote Evaluate Google L6 PM Offer 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
- Google L4 Offer 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
- Can I negotiate on my Google L5 offer ? Total yoe:6.5 Base: 185k Sign on: 50k RSU: 670k Annual bonus: 15% of base So per year TC: 380k Current TC: 330K Can I negotiate for more ? does this look okay or being lowballed? Location: Kirkland WA
- Google L3 Evaluation 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?
- Google PgM L4 compensation 6 years total experience Non technical role Interviews went good, awaiting HC approval, Need help with salary expectations 140 base 150 rsu 30 sign on bonus Is this within range, lowball, or too high? Location Kirkland/Seattle
- vote House Buy or Wait ? 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 ?
- vote Meta E4 vs Google L4 Google L4 @Kirkland Base: 175k Stocks: 315k frontloaded vesting Signon: 70k Bonus: 15% Meta E4 @ Seattle Base: 175k Stocks: 416k even vesting Signon: 70k Bonus: 15% YOE: 3 The difference between the two offers is about 100k at the end of the 4 years. I picked Google in the end as meta doesn’t hav
- Google L4 offer evaluation 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?
- Google L3 Offer review (Seattle) TC: 179.55K (+15K for year 1) Base : 127K RSU: 134K over 4 years Sign on: 15K Bonus: 15% YOE: 1 I was looking at Bay area earlier so this is a big drop from TC 205K, how does this compare for Seattle/Kirkland? #offer #google #swe
- Google L3 - What's a good comp to ask for? 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
- Buying a house..WHICH LENDER - Need advice? $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
- Google offer TC $190k SWE L3 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
- Google L3 offer 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.
- Bothell vs Redmond Ridge Looking to buy a house in the Eastside. Good houses in Seattle, Kirkland are way over budget. Considering Bothell or Redmond Ridge. We like sunny houses(I know Seattle right) and good schools. Heard that commute is almost similar to both these places. #housing #Eastside #Seattle TC: 272 (160 +
- Google e4 TC? I'm currently L5 at Amazon and doing really well. Gave it a shot at Google (Seattle /Kirkland) and passed the hc at L4. I don't want to switch unless the offer is significantly higher. How much should I expect? If possible : base/4y stocks/bonus. Also, how do refreshers work? Thanks! TC: 260k @Se
- Companies in Seattle that pay like FNG? 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
- Estimate how much house i can buy? I’m very new to buying houses and am looking for an initial general idea of what to expect with the money me and my spouse have saved. We live in Seattle and have about 1 Million in stocks and about 200k in cash. 750+ credit score. 2 kids who go to daycare. No other debt. My TC is about 400k and sp
- Planning to relocate to Nashville, TN from Seattle, WA Hi I am an L6 SDE at Amazon Seattle and thinking about relocating to Nashville, TN based on 1. Low housing prices in Nashville as compared to Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond/Kirkland/Issaquah/Sammamish/Bothell 2. Low cost of living But I wanted to check what would be the Amazon L6 SDE salary in Nashville
- vote Offer Eval Hi Blind Community, I need your help in evaluating the following offers: Offer 1 (Cyber Security Company) Role: Senior Software Developer Base: 200k Bonus: 60k RSU: 70k Total Comp: 330k Sign-on: 20k Location: Remote/ Kirkland, WA Offer 2 (Entertainment Company) Role: Software Developer Base: 185k
- Google Cloud (GCP) L4 Program Manager (PgM) Offer - Kirkland, WA What are your thoughts on this offer for a L4 Non-Technical Program Manager role at Google Cloud in Kirkland, WA? YOE: 6 years and a Master’s in Supply Chain. 2 years at AWS. Currently a L5 at AWS in Infrastructure. Current Base: $108K Current TC: $160K Initial Offer: Base: $130K Annual Bonus Tar
- vote Where to live in Seattle Hey Blind, I'm joining Google Kirkland soon and I need some advice on where to live. Quick background about me: I'm mid 20's male and came to Seattle a couple of months before lockdown started and I've only made 2 friends. They already left Seattle during the lockdown so I'm back to 0 friends. I w
- vote Google vs Microsoft L3 New Grad Hello Blind community! I'm a senior graduating from university and got offers for Microsoft and Google. I interned at Microsoft and really liked the team, work/product, and chill WLB. However, Google's refreshers/rewards, promo cycle, growth and brand make it pretty convincing as well. Here are the
- Seattle Monthly Budget Single, male, early 30s, moving to Seattle in the new year for my first SWE job. Been living in Canada for the past 10 years, so this will be a big change for me. I ideally want to live in (or very close to) Kirkland in order to be able to walk to work or at least have a short commute time, but I a
- link Where to jump from Google as Staff? Hi all, looking for feedback from Blind users. Been at Google for several years (now in Seattle/Bellevue/Kirkland area) and operating at high L6 (not sure when will get to L7 though as it depends on L+1 opportunities showing up) on IC track. Since been at Google for long, I feel I am underpaid. Aw
- Google remote office, L6 Offer Got offer from G bayarea. i am in seattle FB. G manager said, he will be supportive for remote ( Google kirkland,WA office) in case G announce some remote office policy past June 2021. #question does any team at G allow remote office employee pre covid. #G employee what do you think, G will be su
- Finances Question My family and I live in Kirkland,wa and purchased our house just under 3 years ago for a little shy of 750k. While i did get a good rate on our loan 3.5%) our monthly payments are high and I was considering refinancing and taking out some stock to lower the overall amount of the loan (we originally
- Sell stocks to buy 2nd home I own a house in bellevue/kirkland WA area that is worth about $1M. 1500sq ft. Built in 1980s so it has spacious front and back yard and is only 2 stories. Good k-12 schools (redfin ratings >= 8 out of 10 if that means anything..) i am paying $2400/month because i bought it when it was a lot ch
- Bluetooth SIG new grad TC Hi, My friend is going through an interview process with Bluetooth SIG located in Kirkland, WA. He was asked to provide the TC he wants from the recruiter. He's a new grad and we were trying to look for the TC information but there was not much info. I saw on Glassdoor that the salary for Software
- 2-10X stocks Hey yall, Figured it would be good to have a good discussion on which stocks are likely to have more “reasonable” single digit multiples in the upcoming months/years. Blind has some really intelligent people here and figured this would be a good way to share our insights. If you’re recommending so
- Help with Goolge TC for TPM Role? When I started with Amazon in Jan of 2020 my sign-on bonus was $70K paid out over 2-year and base salary was $150K so starting TC was $220. At present my TC is the same but Stock replaces Signing Bonus. I've made it through the Google Screening interviews and am about to start virtual on-site inte
- vote Fb/google/amazon offer comparison Hello all, need advise to decide which one to take Amazon L5: 151k base 210k signon year 1 120k signon year 2 101 share 5/15/40/40 (15% stock increase per year otherwise hr said they will pay the difference while I didn’t see it in the offer) 4 year total around 1.4M Break down 4 year 380k/340k/36
- Need help with Google & Facebook offer negotiations Cleared HC for both Google (L5) and Facebook (E5) SWE. Got a lowball 300k TC Google offer last week before Facebook result came in. Given that I already have a strong team match in both companies: 1. what’s the best case scenario (sign on stock, sign on cash and any other things that can be negotia
- Google vs Zillow Hi friends, I need your help with next career choice decision. Got these two offers: Z: Senior SDE (P4): 200 base + 350/4 stocks + 120/2 sign on + 15% bonus = ~ 370 first year. Very interesting project and relevant to my experience, fully remote position. G: got cleared for L5, no numbers yet, re
- Google vs Microsoft Counter Current Level L62 TC 170k though actual cash was only 157k (142 / 10% / not counting the stock portion since thats 5 years out) (bonus based on last years base), but im engineering band and have great management support. Got an L5 kirkland offer from Google (non technical band) 144k / 15% / 200rsu
- [Seattle only] Career Advice I’m currently a seasoned SDE2 at amazon. Been doing well, get good projects and see path to the next level SDE3 at least per manager feedback. At same time I’m hitting 4 years and will not be getting as much stock as I used to from Amazon. Got ping from FB and Google recruiter and decided to give a
- vote Seattle Offer Evaluation All numbers are pre-negotiation. I think there's more room in the RH offer in particular. Snap (L4) Base: 180k RSUs: 178k/yr Target bonus: 10% Signing: 20k TC: 376k/yr + 20k signing Robinhood (Senior) Base: 190k RSUs: 130k/yr Target bonus: 10% Signing: 0 TC: 339k/yr Stripe (L2) Base: 175k RSUs: 1
- vote Google L3 vs Microsoft SDE2 Google L3 - Full Stack title but front end heavy work - Base 133 K, Stock: 209 K front loaded - Google Meet Microsoft SDE-2 (Level 61) - Base 145 K, stock 140 K, sign on 40 K - majorly backend C#, scala, spark - Identity in Cloud+AI org Yoe:2 - Google was/is my Dream company. The happiness I
- vote Snap L4 vs Google L4 - Seattle Deciding between L4 SWE offers at Google and Snap. Snap is paying like 40-55k more depending on how you look at it and has larger scope of work but they would be putting more senior responsibilities on me, a higher workload, and no real in-office experience for the near future. In contrast, Google
- vote Is it worth working for Google Cloud? I am an L5 SDE. TC 245K (mainly stocks + base 155K). YOE 6.5 Received an email from google cloud recruiter to choose a role that fits me. And the options are SWE, SWE Infra, SWE SRE, SETI, and Data Engineer. Given my experience, I will be evaluated for L3/L4 Engineer which will have 4 to 5 onsite r
- vote Should I buy a 2nd House? I bought my current home in Everett back in mid-2017 and I've build equity around $300-350k, thanks to the housing market run in past 1 year. Current Home ---------------------- Pros * Easy commute to Seattle/Bellevue (in 2 mins I am on I-5 or I-405) * Nice spacious home with Backyard Cons * Bad s
- vote Snap L4 vs Google L4 - Seattle Deciding between L4 SWE offers at Google and Snap. Snap is paying like 40-55k more depending on how you look at it and has larger scope of work but they would be putting more senior responsibilities on me, a higher workload, and no real in-office experience for the near future. In contrast, Google
- Seattle house where to buy I am new to Seattle/US and single now but plan to get married next year. Bank pre-approved loan for homes upto 1.3 million and they said they could stretch it further if needed. I am feeling a bit lost. So far I was focusing on Bellevue and Kirkland area because I was thinking land will appreciate t
- 401(k) vs. RSU vs. Home I currently own a 1bd condo which I bought last year. It is my primary residence. I'm looking to purchase a bigger primary residence with more space and as a better appreciation asset. I need to live at my condo for another year to be able to use the Section 121 Exemption for when I sell it, but I'm