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Retention Bonus
- Retention bonus So last month I had my annual comp review. My manager tells me they're going to keep me where I'm at. I complain to some key people and a couple weeks later get notice that the company will be giving me a $15k "spot" bonus to "show appreciation for my contributions" to the company. Ok, better than n
- Retention Bonus or Hike Currently @ Walmart X5 Engineering with TC 275K (Base 185K, Bonus 20%, RSU 80K) and holding an external offer with TC ~ 430K. Can Walmart match this offer by providing any retention bonus, hike or RSU? What is the maximum range for X5 base? Reason for staying : Liking my team, boss, work, learnin
- Retention Bonus ? I recently learned that some of my colleagues received a retention bonus in my company. I didn't get any despite being top performer in the team (I receive highest yearly bonus % in the team). I figured, retention bonuses were given based on how likely the person will be leaving the company. I thin
- Retention bonus? Anyone received a retention bonus after your company got sold? How much can that be in terms of % of salary?
- Retention Bonus My boss just got fired (VP of product) and I’ve been promoted to Lead (DevOps) Engineer from Senior DevOps Engineer. They also fired another Senior level engineer, and we’re lacking a VP of Engineering currently. What should I be asking for in terms of raise? TC: $140k with 10% bonus annually Wh
- vote Deloitte Retention Bonus Just curious did anyone got a call from Talent about the retention bonus with no string attached ? I got one and it’s more than the bonus which I got in year end
- Apple Retention Bonus Anyone receiving the recent retention RSU knows when it will appear in the Etrade account? TC: $430k YOE: 10 #apple #retention #rsu
- link Apple 180k retention bonus ???? https://nypost.com/2021/12/28/apple-offers-employees-up-to-180k-bonus-to-stop-defections-to-facebook-parent-meta-report/ 180k bonus ???!!!
- Repayment of retention bonus Planning to leave the employer prior to 2 year clawback period for retention bonus and will need to repay back the full gross amount. Did anyone go through similar situation? How did you handle it? Do they accept installments or need to pay lumpsum?
- Samsung Retention Bonus I had two questions about Samsung retention bonuses: 1) Is it normal for them to only kick in at the end of year 2? Could I negotiate to get it at the end of year 1? 2) Are there refreshers after the initial amount finishes?
- Microsoft retention bonus for new hires I heard that Microsoft gives retention bonus to new hires. I got an offer for L64 ans it was no where mentioned in my offer letter. What’s the criteria to get that ? What is the amount for L64 ?# Is it missing ? Should I ask my recruiter ?
- Sign on Bonus retention In general, at most companies, how long do you have to stay employed to keep a sign on bonus?
- Bonus - just got 100k+ MSFT retention bonus. What's the news guys? Worth it to stay or still move?
- Is it normal to refund retention bonus when leave Get an offer with 3 year retention bonus. But if leave before year 3, all the previous years’ retention bonus has to refund back. Is this normal? I never heard this kind of retention term before
- Huge retention bonus at Amazon (AWS) I moved out of AWS to FB just 2 months earlier. Many of my previous colleagues at AWS now got huge retention bonus. For SDE IIIs, the retention bonus is between 250K - 350K. Bonus is paid in 2 years (20% in cash in this paycheck, 80% in stock vested in next 2 years with 6 month vesting cycle). If
- Retention bonus at AWS Folks, I am hearing about big retention bonuses showing up in AWS engineers and PM-Ts bank accounts. Any validity to these rumors? Recently saw some posts around big retention bonuses being paid by AWS only (not Amazon in general), so wondered if something is up at AWS.#product #pm TC: 320k
- Sq folks any retention bonus given stock drop ? Given big stock drop. Did you guys got retention bonus or one time stock grant ? Most of the companies did this
- Change my life with Retention bonus ? Was expecting a promotion during the April review cycle and did not workout. But now management feels I am an useful resource and agreed for a promotion ( 80% chance ). Finally negotiated 20K/12 retention (starting last April) paid month-month until I get the promotion. To convince the team I had t
- Evaluate Google offer with retention bonus Level 3 @ Bay Area Around 2-3 years of experience. Masters degree. Base:140 Sign on:25k GSU: 100k over 4 years Retention: 165k over 4 years (retention is not in stocks)
- Does Apple employee got retention bonus this year for 150k? Does Apple employee got retention bonus this year for 150k?
- Goldman Sachs Signing Bonus retention time can some please tell me for how long we might need to work at GS to retain the signing bonus? Thanks
- Retention bonus negotiation when leaving for another company Anyone negotiate a retention bonus when taking another job offer? Any tips or reading recommendations on how to do that? Would be willing to stay a couple extra weeks if there was a bonus for it.
- Retention cash bonus at G/ FB not refresher stocks or cash bonuses. do they offer a cash bonus similar to sign on?
- Need advice on retention bonus and parental leave I’m fortunate enough to receive a retention bonus that requires me to stay at the company for 2 years. If I leave voluntarily or get fired for cause in that period, I have to repay this bonus. The bonus is contingent on my employment and not on meeting performance targets. One thing that is not cle
- What's your Golden Handcuffs story (Acquisition - Retention Bonus)? Details on the acquisition pertaining to if and how the buyer retained employees. What were the cash and stock bonuses awarded. And did you stay?
- link Apple employees that didn't get a retention bonus are jumping ship. Is it true? If your company offered Top Talent big bonuses, are you jaded that you didn't get one? Do you feel like this is all political? https://www.inc.com/kelly-main/apples-retention-strategy-is-incentivizing-staff-to-leave.html#:~:text=In%20an%20effort%20to%20retain,ranging%20from%20%2450%2C
- Any boycotts for retention bonus at MS, JPM, BC, BAML, etc. Other than GS and CS? Any rumors on BC or the other banks trying to match CSs $20k or Apollos $100k?
- vote Which company should I join Freshworks, Rupeek, Byjus? I have offers for sde2 role from - Freshworks - 30.5 lpa +5l joining bonus + 10l retention bonus - Rupeek - 30lpa(fixed) + 3l perf + 4l esops +6l joining bonus +3l retention bonus - Byjus - 35lpa Yoe: 4 years I am a bit confused on which company I should join. Any help would be appreciated, pleas
- vote [India] Offer evaluation help - Razorpay vs Swiggy Hi folks, I’m asking behalf of my friend who has received offers from razorpay and swiggy for SSE and SDE2 position respectively and cannot decide which one to join. Cash seem higher for swiggy but also concerned about wlb in swiggy. Please help and suggest. Razorpay breakup : Base : 37L (excludin
- Can you get multiple retention offers Microsoft Hey y'all. So last year I interviewed around and got a retention offer from Microsoft. It was basically a really large cash bonus, which boosted me for another year so I stayed cause wlb is amazing. Next year my comp is dropping due to stock cliff + no more cash bonus, interviewed around again. Wo
- vote Bad idea to take a retention offer? Been exploring external opportunities lately and was 90% settled on going to Snap, but G came through with a pretty compelling retention offer. Is it still best practice to decline retentions, or is it the only way to get competitive comp these days? Google still comes out slightly lower but gives
- vote Zeta, Flipkart & Algonomy offer eval Zeta - EM Fixed: 80L Joining bonus: 15L Retention bonus: 15L Stocks- 40L Flipkart - EM Fixed: 66 Variable - 13.2 Joining bonus: 10 Retention bonus: 5 Stocks - 62 Algonomy - Architect Fixed - 80 Variable - 10 Joining bonus - 5 Stocks - 25 What should I choose? Location: bangalore YOE: 14 Current T
- vote Move to stripe vs retention at Google Considering picking between a Stripe PM offer vs Google with a retention bonus. Stripe: IC3: TC $650k year Google: L4 TC $450k a year with a retention bonus Some relevant factors: -The role at Google is better than the one at Stripe - WLB might be important in the near future but typically been a
- Huge offer from FB. Jump ship from Google or meet for retention? #google #facebook L5 SWE at both. / 7 YOE I know I'm underpaid at Google. This seems like a way above average offer from Facebook. If Google were able to match, should I consider staying? Facebook offer: Base 210 Stock 700 (175/year) Bonus 15% (31,500) Signing bonus 100 (counting it as 25k) =
- vote Microsoft (Bangalore) vs Expedia (Gurgaon) I have recently received an offer from Microsoft as well as from Expedia which one I should prefer? Microsoft (L61) 27.5LPA + $80,000 RSU + 6 Lakh retention bonus Expedia (SDE-3) 38LPA + $25,000 RSU + 5 lakh retention bonus in both cases vesting period is 4 years. YOE: 4 years, 3months
- vote Rivigo vs PayTM(Noida) I am holding an offer from Rivigo and Paytm(Noida). YOE : 1.2 (Front End/ MERN) (Product Based) Current CTC : 8 (fixed) + 1 Retention bonus. Paytm Offer : 19 (Fixed) + 1 JB + 1 Retention Bonus Rivigo Offer : 17 (Fixed) + 1 Retention Bonus Position offered : SDE - 1 Which one would be better for
- Google M2 vs Disney E1 Self explanatory I guess, looking for some advice on whether to stay at Disney or go over to google, I’m in product Google: 285K base 1.4MM 4 year vest, 120k signing bonus Disney: 330K base, 750k retention equity 3 year vest, 100k retention bonus, 100k refresher a year. Current TC: 560K I guess
- vote VMware vs MakeMyTrip Which one is better overall VMware (MTS-2) : 21 Base + 12% Target Bonus + 1Lakh Joining Bonus RSUs: 16,500 USD. MakeMyTrip (Senior Software Engineer-1): 18.65 Base + 1 Lakh Joining Bonus + 1.5 Lakh Retention Bonus.
- PhonePe offer 8 years exp PhonePe offer Base 48 Lpa Stocks $65 k vested over 4 years Joining bonus and retention bonus 15 Lakh for first year Year of experience 8 years CTC: yearly 39.85 yearly cash includes base + variable Stocks: $80k worth as per current valuation Do you think this is a good or medium offer to lowbal
- vote Is this a fair offer for Bay Area? Sr. Member of Technical Staff position in Bay Area. Base: 170k Bonus: 10% Relo: 5k Joining bonus: 17k Retention bonus at 1.5 yr: 17k Retention bonus at 2.5 yr: 17k Is that a good offer for bay area? Ph.D.+2yoe #software #interview #swe #smts #staff#tech
- vote Compass v/s Navi Below are the offers that I have YOE: 6.4 Compass Role offered: IC3 (Senior Software Engineer 1) Fixed: 50 Variable: 5 Stocks: 44 over 4 years Joining bonus: 5 Retention bonus: 5 Total compensation excluding bonus : 66 LPA Navi Role offered: UI 3 Fixed: 58 Stocks : 30 over 4 years Joining bonus:
- Offer Negotiations How likely is it that a new employer will buy out an annual bonus, a retention bonus and equity?
- vote Flipkart vs Swiggy YOE : 2 Flipkart Base : 19.5 Performance Bonus : 10% Esops: 6L/4 Team : Retail Engineering Swiggy Base : 22 Signing Bonus : 3 Retention Bonus : 2 Esops: 7L/4 Team : ATS #engineering #flipkart #swiggy #sde
- Intel HW Offer Hello, I got an Offer from Intel for two teams. (bay area) Base - 147k RSU - 80k /3 Sign on bonus - 25k Bonus - 21.5k Grade -7 YOE - 6 Current TC- 160k Do let me know if it is a good offer or there is room to negotiate. I feel base is lower. I have another offer but dont know the numbers yet.
- Does Facebook give retention offer? Asking for a friend who is at FB since couple of years. Do they give any retention offer if the person shows strong offers from outside that are far more than current TC. Even new hires at current level at Facebook get signifacantly more. Do they extra stocks or bonus for retention ? #tech #meta
- vote Peloton vs Tier-2 Peloton is experiencing high attrition. As a result, company announced 5% base bump and a one time retention bonus. Current tc: 220K (including base bump ). Don’t know retention bonus details yet. Meanwhile I started interviewing and accepted an offer this morning. It’s a hot fin tech company and
- Qualcomm Compensation What is the typical base compensation, RSU, joining bonus, retention bonus, profit sharing and other benefits in Qualcomm (San Diego) for Senior Eng role?
- Qualcomm Sr engineer offer India location Rate this offer TC- 22LPA 2.5L + 2.5L sign on + retention bonus RSU’s 30000USD Yoe 1.5yrs ##hardware #interview #semiconductor #qualcommsalary #qualcommlife
- vote Do I have golden handcuffs? A small startup I was at was acquired by a larger company, but the new company has a very weak engineering organization. They have poor culture in terms of code review, eng best practices, etc. They also have a ton of low performers. I would have left as soon as I realized how dysfunctional this ne
- Dunzo vs Phonepe Currently, I work at Google (SWE L5, yoe: 8) but want to try out work@startup for the next couple of years. I have offers from Dunzo and Phonepe. Both are offering the same comp: 76L base + 10L joining bonus + 8L retention bonus + ~37L worth of ESOPs (per year). Dunzo, being a smaller firm, is offer