Can’t think of any due to executive level leadership. It was once a great company that was culture and people driven. That has been gutted with 2 major layoffs in the last 4 years.
With recent 12k layoffs, have to do more with less. Incredibly stretch goals that are unattainable which makes me think they are using it to justify further layoffs. Recent change in RTO policy = 5 days a week.
I'm interviewing at a growth stage (Series B) start-up that seems to be doing well. Recently, the recruiter was explaining benefits to me and mentioned that they don't yet offer bonuses (stock or cash). I wasn't sure what to make of this comment - I've only worked at later stage+ companies (Series D...Read more
Hi, What start ups/mid size companies give sign on bonuses? I’m an engineering manager and I am damn tired of being underpaid. I was given a $50K sign on bonus but it’s not worth it to me. But, I don’t want to lose the money either so I want to go somewhere else and pay them back. I manage a te...Read more
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Very excited to get this offer after a lot of ups and downs. Targeted E5 but got down levelled after the interview. This is a verbal offer and the initial numbers were lower than what I expected. But I was always targeting E5 level and thereby that TC. No joining bonus as of now and will need to n...Read more
American Airlines $250,000 sign-on bonus is higher than FAANG https://nypost.com/2023/11/08/business/american-airlines-offers-250k-bonuses-to-nab-fedex-ups-pilots/ "American Airlines is on a hiring spree — and is offering $250,000 bonuses to poach FedEx and UPS pilots to jump from piloting cargo ca...Read more
SWE Seattle, base 150, rsu 346k in 4 years, invest 40 28 20 12 sign on 0. have a mtv tiktok offer in hand: 170k, 25% year end bonus, 6000RSUi in 4 years, 50k sign on. having a MS offer on the way, and another start ups. What is the target that i should ask? YOE: 5 phd
I want to be able to transition into faang-level companies within a year or two, and I’m into data/any infra work, which I don’t think I will be able to do in both. I interned at C1 last summer and as far as I know, I think Capital One’s new grad program is pretty good? For Wayfair I got into Storef...Read more
Is this just a nightmare PM job or is there an opportunity to get exposure to higher ups? 200k and 30% bonus
Expecting a offer from a couple of start-ups. How do I compare Apple Stock vs Startup stock. Current TC : 215k : 175(Base+Bonus) + 40k RSU
Google will start using SAP instead of Oracle financial software. That’s a big business deal. Ask your higher ups for good bonus this year. https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/04/05/google-will-stop-using-oracle-finance-software-switch-to-sap.html TC 180K
Hey guys -- looking to check out options in moving from finance / banking world to tech. I am based in SF Bay. wondering if someone can throw light in following - Sr Director Level Packages ( including -- base, bonus, stock, 401k ) in Product Management function at Visa - Manager level Packages (i...Read more
Looking at two roles: Google: - L6 customer Engineer - 187K base - 80K bonus - 150K GSUs over 4 years (USD) - great benefits - 10k sign on bonus Startup: - no level, Field Sales Engineer - 230K base - 70K bonus - stock options of around $300K over 4 years - potential to IPO - looking at completi...Read more
What's your salary (with break-up and RSU refresh) and NW at 11 years of experience in India? Requesting folks from top product companies like Google, MS, Amazon and high paying start-ups like Uber, etc to share for collective awareness Mine: Fixed: 45 Yearly RSU refresher: 40-50k Bonus: 10% NW...Read more
Very new in my career, didn’t receive this since I didn’t know to ask. What gets you a sign on bonus? How to negotiate it? Should you get this even from start-ups? How much should it be? Anything you can tell me about it would be helpful
Please evaluate below offer from Dropbox IC3. Location: Seattle YOE: 8 yrs Current TC: 215k with stock appreciation Amzn Dropbox Offer: 220 / 550 / 80 TC: Year 1: 470k (with 80k joining) Year 2: 420k (with 120k/4 refresher) Year 3: 450k (with 120k/4 x 2 refresher) Year 4: 480k (with 120k/4 x 3 ref...Read more
I have seen some people specifically white male's such smooth talkers, who constantly maintain great relationships with the higher-ups and smoothly go up the tracjectory, while the people below them are doing the real grunt work. when there comes the time to be in the limelight or to present the pr...Read more
Just think you had a bunch of millions in NFLX equities and slashed 40% in single day! Which companies, including start ups, offer more cash TC (except NFLX) that includes base + bonus. Don’t add trading / hedge firms. - Amazon: first 2 years cash heavy - Cruise: 300k+ for L5, 375k+ for L6, 450k...Read more
Senior Technical Program Manager Base : 90k euro Phantom shares: 76k euro No annual bonus Sign on: 20k euro only for one year Relocation: 8k euro + visa and one way ticket and 1 month accommodation/ currently work remotely I am not sure how the company is doing but I love working at start-ups #g...Read more
Hi all, I’ve received an offer from a B2C Series B scale-up in the UK that’s raised ~$200M: • Position: Senior Product Manager • Base Salary: £120K GBP (matches my Meta salary) • ESOP: 1.5x (comparable to Meta, but no 20% bonus) I have 10 years of experience, mainly in big tech. I’m excited ab...Read more
YoE - 5+ Current Role - Tech Lead Past Experience - Small/medium start-ups Arcesium Offer - Tech Lead Base - 45 Performance Bonus - 4 to 6L Retention Bonus - 15L over 4 years (Bonus and increments in Jan 2023) Amazon Offer - SDE2 Base - 33 Bonus Year 1 - 20 Bonus Year 2 - 16.5 Stocks - 20 Units (...Read more