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- With Amazon’s high hiring bar and rigorous promotion criteria’s, is 10% LE a good target? It may negatively impact team work and collaboration as engineers would be competing and stack ranked with other team members? Managers should regardless be managing out or coaching low performers without target count as they will impact teams deliverables and managers goals.
- link Is Coinbase being targeted by leftists because of it's refusal to promote left wing social and political ideology? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/technology/coinbase-pay-employees.html For those that don't know, Coinbase's CEO stated the company is apolitical and has a strategy of not engaging in political debates that don't concern the company's core mission. Ever since he stated this there have been a bar
- To whoever who needs to hear this The most important thing is to enjoy what you do. This happens when you target learning to do new things. Targeting promotions (within a time period) leads to Anxiety. If you continue learning, promotions are inevitable. So target the right thing. In 30-40 year career, you wouldn't regret not gett
- Indian SDE wanting to relocate to USA at 1.5YOE TC: 28LPA INR (37k USD) Tldr: Title sets the context. What companies should I target to make this easier than brute force approach? Reasons: I just want to experience a different culture, economy, country before finally settling down in India - I have a solid ZERO interest in settling abroad. I w
- NY 603 VP at JPM - 125K base As titled. I am in a controller function within Corporate doing the typical finance/accounting/reporting job. Total YOE 9 years with a CPA and have been with JPM for close to 6. Got promoted to 603 in 2021 but got like 5% raise due to COVID. Told manager that I need to get a mark to market or I am l
- Google EM promotion to L7 Joined recently as L6 EM, what is the best way to target L7 promotion in 2 years? What should i focus on?#google #tech #promotion Yoe 15, 1.75 cr india
- Microsoft Promotion Stock Grant ?? How does promotion stock grant look at MSFT ? Is it team / org dependent (making more money) Should I expect 0 new RSU due to Promotion ? And only Base and target increase Any Microsoft Manager or someone who got promoted can comment ? #Promotion #microsoft #microsoftcompensation #microsoftcaree
- Skip level manager leaving. Chances of promotion? My skip level manager will be resigning this week. I’ve been planning to target for a promotion this quarter end. Will it be affected in any way? Need some insights on this. L60 SE TC 165K
- What is the YOE requirement for senior engineers Looking at switching company, but currently on promotion path (target at Q4) Under current compensation policy, I likely would not get better TC even if I get promoted. If my target are tier 1 companies, FAANG, MS, Twitter, etc. I’d consider my technical skill prettt decent, would they ever consid
- Why is Uber's new grad offer so uncompetitive? Saw someone get 110k +100k/4 +target 10k cash bonus,~25k/3 refresh. Did TC shrink and how much can it go after getting promoted?
- Microsoft L64 -> L65 I've been extended an L64 offer for a TC of just under 265 (assuming target bonus, excluding sign-on). I was wondering... 1. Expected range of time to promotion from L64 to L65 2. Expected bump in comp (outside of increased bonus/refresher target) for a promotion to L65 3. How'd I do in terms of
- What's the new bottom of the band for L7 SDM What's the new target comp/bottom of the band when a L6 SDM gets promoted to L7? And what's the break up of base and stocks based on the new base pay increase
- Does FB calibration has already ended? Posting for a friend who works at FB, she wants to change team, but want to wait for this performance cycle’s calibration is ended as she targets to get promoted first. Does anyone know if this psc cycle’s decision (calibration and promotion) has been ended or not? Thanks a lot! #tech ##tech
- What is this concept of target compensation at Amazon? If a person gets an offer of say 200k TC at Amazon, his TC will remain the same until he switches job or gets promotion. Is that right? No pay jump within band, no bonus? How will they keep someone motivated/rewarded for good performance? What is this target comp? Is it like if the stocks fall and c
- Google - What was your raise this year? Use this format. Role/level - Newly promoted L5 SWE Location #tech - Seattle Rating: Superb (promo) + EE Promo base hike: 7% (163k > 173k) Non-promo Base hike: 7% (173k > 185k) Bonus: $36k (22%) stock refresher: $131k (125% of target)
- Promotion and salary hike @Nordstrom Hey Folks, I just accepted offer from Nordstrom. Base 170K Sign On: 25K Target Bonus: 25% YOE: 9 Can someone tell when I will be eligible for promotion and can expect a salary hike??
- Promotions at Uber On average how long does promotion take from L3-L4, L4-L5 at Uber? Also, what does a promotion entail in terms of TC changes (how much salary, stock, refresher targets increase?) Do people interview elsewhere for counter offers, or are promotions already good enough? Starting at Uber soon as a new
- vote Are you a coaster or achiever? Coaster - does the bare minimum to get by.. takes more time to get promoted, if at all, but doesn't care as long as getting paid. Achiever - constantly tries to improve things around, aggressively targets goals. Moves up the ladder quicker than others. Tc: 220k Yoe: 4
- New role for Twitter senior staff? Hey Blinders, Looks like I will be promoted to Sr. Staff this time. Cool! If I decide to switch, which level can I target in your company? YOE: 18 (5 in the US) TC: around 530k
- Yelp comp structure? Recently found out that Yelp pays quite well. 1. Interested in knowing what are the levels at Yelp. Similar to Google/fb (E3-E9)? 2. What is the target bonus % for each level? 3. Target refresher %? 4. What's the pay bump on promotions? 5. How fast/easy are promos on Microsoft to Google scale?
- Coinbase promos as new grad Hey all, I have a LCOL offer from Coinbase $118K base + $50K stocks + $7K target annual bonus. How long does it typically take to get promoted? How much do they increase your comp? Are promos as fast as Meta promos? #coinbase
- LinkedIn Sr SWE to AWS SDE 3 in the bay area TC: 350 YOE 15 No path to Staff in the infra org. Promotions are not standardised. If the committee had a good day, they promote. AWS recruiter has been reaching out. SDE3 feels like a good upgrade. What is the TC range? Can I target the level after that?
- New Skype app is awful. If you work at Microsoft could you please ask HR to fire Skype UX team. How come redesign is so terrible? Or it's targeting kids on purpose in order to promote Microsoft teams for business?
- Promotions: pay/equity increases Starting as a new grad at Uber soon (TC 175k). Was wondering how promotions work regarding pay raise/equity grants, etc. Do you get more stock grants when you get promoted, or just base increase & target refresher/bonus increase. Anyone have numbers for L3-L4 promotion? Answers for companies other
- Wells vs. JPM Offer I have two offers: JPM - Treasury Sales Role TC: ~105k Target promotion: 3 years to TC ~120k LOB: Commercial Bank (MMBSI) WF- ESOP Advisory (Leveraged Loans/Capital Markets) TC: 103k guaranteed Target promotion: 1 year to TC ~113k LOB: Corp Bank w/exposure to Commercial Bank and IB Both offers a
- What level at Microsoft should I target? I have 2.5 years of experience and got promoted to L5 this quarter. I cleared Microsoft phone screen but recruiter isn't telling me what level I am interviewing for. Realistically, what level should I try to get? Should I target L61? Also, does Microsoft downlevels ?
- How does RSU comp change when you get promoted? I understand your base and target bonus increase when promoted but what about RSUs? I was granted 60K of RSUs when I started (4 year vest). If I would’ve gotten hired at the level above me my RSUs would have been 90K. If I get promoted, would I receive an incremental 90K stock grant or would the in
- Amazon hiring levels & comp I am starting to interview at Amazon in a week. I want to know what level/title and compensation I should be targeting. YOE - 6 yrs Education - Master's Computer Science Location - New HQ2 (Arlington Virginia) Current - IC4 Oracle (recently promoted)
- Job change strategy Hello I m currently amts at industries cloud since 1 year at india blr My tc is 18 base + 2 bonus + 4 stocks -> 24 Total year of exp is 1 yr 6 months As the Indian market is flourishing and is giving greater than 50 lakh for 2 years of experience so I also want to switch from salesforce to other c
- 1 year promo to SDE 2 at Amazon, looking outside I just got promoted to SDE 2 within 1 year 3 months out of college. I am super driven and looking for hyper growth opportunities. What companies should I target? 1 YOE TC: 190k LC: 350
- Amazon Non-Tech Level-down from SFA to FA Situation: I applied for a Senior Financial Analyst role (FP&A, ask for 5YOE) with Amazon and was invited to Financial Analyst (Controllership, ask for 3YOE) VO. Currently I’m preparing for the VO. Context: I have 10 YOE and CPA, MBA (non-target, top 3 in Canada), currently a SFA but would be equiv
- When did you find out about your promotion? For those promoted to SDE3 at Amazon, how/when did you find out after your promo doc was submitted? My manager said he’s writing my doc targeting Q2 but haven’t heard any updates since. Does that mean it’s dead? Did your skip tell you anything before hand?
- Amazon L6 to L7 Average duration for promotion Hi Guys, Joining AWS as a soln architect L6 soon. just curious, what time-frame should I be targeting for, in terms of promotion to L7. also what paths are available i.e SA Manager, Principal SA ? @Amazon
- link Facebook RSU grant calculations I’m a new grad considering on of my offers from Facebook. It is the standard return internship package at 118k base, 160k vesting over 4 years, 75k signing, 10k relocation, 10% target bonus. So my assumption is that getting promoted to E4/E5 doesn’t mean your stock grant increases, it just means th
- Time to promotion at Snap, industry hire L3 I've recently accepted an offer at Snap for an L3 position. I view myself as borderline between SDE1 and SDE2, and some of my other offers were for SDE2 equivalent positions. I went with Snap because the team was the best fit for me and I think I can learn the most, but perhaps most importantly beca
- Facebook is so much better than Amazon No one hates Facebook even though it's the same old toxic political culture there. The issue with Amazon is that for internally promoted employees the compensation is just plain awful. Add the forced ura targets, forced bell curve ratings, non stop flooding of L1 visa holders from India, and last
- What position should I target at FANG? I have a little over 2 YOE at my current position which is 1 promotion up from where I was hired with 0 YOE. If I interview for FANG, what level should I target? New grad or 1 level up? What is typical in this type of situation? TC: 160
- vote Microsoft 180k vs Amazon 191k (both in Seattle)? Which one to choose? (Poll) MSFT: 210k in first year, and 175k in the following 3 years. So 180k on average. Level 61. AMZN: 191k (L5 target). Newly promoted L5. 177k this year, but expect to hit target next year. Moving to MSFT (non-Azure for sure) for better wlb. Consider benefits and 401k match, the pay is almost the same
- vote Google vs Facebook (Meta) New Grad I am having a lot of trouble deciding between these two. They would both be out of the Bay Area. I care mostly about career growth, promotion cycles, and team culture. I care about total comp too, but more so as it comes with promotions/performance rather than initial compensation. Also, quality of
- AWS work style. Hows @Amazon AWS work style? Start working in a team, then continue,of course work hard, get promoted.. go on? Otherwise, they form a team, assign specific task / goal, target time. Then dismantle.. internally look for other team, if not found, get kicked out? I am getting different stories
- FB second year comp? My first year comp at FB is: $110k base $40k/ year stock 10% target perf bonus TC~ $160k (with $90k sign on) I’m wondering come the second year at FB, what increases to base and stock grant are reasonable to expect upon promotion to E4? Just wondering how steep the TC drop off will be with that p
- Looking for career advice hey there, looking for any advice on skills that I should learn or positions that I should be targeting. Currently a business analytics manager at a 3PL. skillset include: SQL, Excel, PowerBI. i don’t have any machine learning experience. recently got promoted but can’t figure out where I go from
- vote [POLL] Stay 6 months for L5 Promo or switch teams? I’m an L4 FEE at 🍌for just under 6 months now, and I’m told by my manager I have a very strong chance at promoting. The target is Q4 2022 for promotion, which would be another 6 months. However, I’m quite disinterested in the product and I don’t have mentorship (no L6 FEE, in fact, very few at Ama
- Finance TC in the Bay Area (private equity, investment banking) Coming up for an Associate promote at a MM fund in SF (after starting as an Analyst from Target undergrad). What is base/bonus expectation for 2 YOE finance roles in the Bay? Current TC: $105k base + $30-40k bonus (2nd year analyst)
- vote Leave GS or Stay? I’ve got an offer at Google for L3 SWE/SRE position but the offer is not so compelling to accept because I feel I could make more by end of year if i stay here. Last Year TC: £98k (60k base + 38k bonus) Current Level: Associate (Got promoted last cycle) Current Base Salary: £87k Google’s offer:
- Google L3 vs Microsoft Research 61 I got a job at both places. TC is rather the same. Which place should I go to? I’m mainly concerned if job hop/promotion will be easier from one from the other. My target is to increase my TC ASAP. What would you recommend? I have two Google internships in my resume if this can be of a value as we
- Facebook E5 offer Currently at MSFT: L61 (likely to be promoted EOY) TC: 230k - 250k YOE: 2 FB offer: IC5 Base: 188k Target bonus: 15% Equity: 450k / 4yrs Signing: 50k TC excl signing: ~330k Big jump in level and comp. Thoughts on offer and on scope? Is the jump to IC5 doable?
- [India] Hike and Refresher at NVIDIA for IC3 Appraisal cycle is round the corner and this being my first one at NVIDIA I wanted some assistance from folks here. 1. % raise or target LPA that I should expect in Base 2. % raise or target LPA that u should expect in RSU (vested equally iver 4 years) 3. Am I eligible for a promotion from IC3 to I
- Account Manager III I just got promoted to from Account Manager II (L5) to Account Manager III (L6) and the target compensation of $145k is lower than I expected. Been with Amazon 2 years with a total of 7 YOE. Is this usual for Account Manager III pay band?
- Interview now or wait for the market to get hot again I'm a Staff at LinkedIn promoted recently with a cliff fast approach this year. The promotion refresh was peanuts. The timing of my cliff and the covid situation is unfortunate. Should I stay and suffer the cliff waiting for opportunities to come back up? I'm in a dilemma right now. Companies I wan