Comp can be nice, depending on the stock price. Pay increases are not great
Overtime expectations, terrible management. The culture encourages engineers to chase metrics rather than do actual work.
Uber: 118k base Signing: 10k Stocks:27.5k X 4 years RSU Microsoft 110k Base Signing: 40K Stocks: 120K Amazon: 112k base Signing: 36k first year 22k second Stocks: 80k rsu with the cliff you already know Target bonus etc not included Background: a return offer to Uber, but after recent layoffs a...Read more
Both TC for ~ 400k / 4yoe + master/ senior sde positions / 197 current tc I'm a bit scared of past layoffs at Uber, but it seems they have a better WLB. Uber pros: ---- TC could be more than CB. I don't have the final numbers They have an office in Seattle Better wlb/culture Better perks in gener...Read more
I am interning at Uber this summer. Which teams are best to join at the NYC and Seattle offices? Hoping to join an interesting user-facing team with a good team culture and minimal layoffs. #tech #uber #engineering #software #softwareengineer
How is the sentiment at Uber Seattle these days? How is WLB? Is there still scare for potential layoffs? Any insight on Driver and Freight teams? Tc 300, yoe 4 #uber #wlb
SDE 2 base: 160k stocks : 350k/4 Location: Seattle What's the max base and stocks I can get? Not started negotiations yet. How is Uber nowadays? Uber had some layoff start of pandemic... little concerned about job security as it matters to me a lot at this point in life... Also Uber stock price h...Read more
I have an Engineering manager reaching out to me from Uber Seattle. The team and project sound very interesting. However, the major layoffs of the past few weeks has me cautious of joining a possible sinking ship. Specially because a large part of my TC will be in RSUs. Uber people (Specially in S...Read more
Is it worth joining Uber ATG? How is the work culture? heard about layoffs as well. Is that common? yoe ~4 offered - sde2, TC 250K, bay current - sde2 @ amzn, TC 200K, seattle How much can I negotitate?
Which offer has better growth prospects in the long run? @Amazon - How much room to negotiate L6 offer? How long does L7 promo typically take? Work life balance in AWS? @Uber - how is culture, attrition and growth opportunities? Risk for layoffs? Location: Seattle Current TC: 350K. YOE: 15+ #eng...Read more
i'm at a startup not msft blind tax: 2.5 yoe 250 TC WLB/TC balance is the most important to me have offers from linkedin and amazon for seattle. all interviews are for seattle TC is averaged for first 2 years amazon: 195/2600 units of stock/ 135 y1 sign on / 100 y2 sign on. 345 TC can probably go...Read more
Hi Blind community, Need opinions on an offer from Uber EM2 (L5B) in Seattle. Have 12 YOE, 3.5 as EM. Currently an L6 at Amazon. Total comp offered by Uber is 415K (200K base, 178K stock, 35K bonus). I have three questions. 1. Is the leveling more or less accurate? It seems so more from levels.fy...Read more
1 YOE backend engineer. Got 2 offers, debating what to choose. TC at Uber (Bay area) and MSFT (Seattle) are similar. Personally don't really care TC and location. They both work for me. Uber L3 Tech stack should be popular? Good reputation for engineer culture. Growth is fast, compared with MSFT at...Read more
I am considering 2 offers AWS SDE 2- 270k TC seattle (72, RSUs/4 years) UBER l4 - 315k TC SF(yr1), 300k yr 2,3,4 I am on H1B and can't afford to leave US as of now, So stability is utmost important. Sounds like aws is a hit and miss in terms of toxicity and being unfairly piped. Uber rounds of layo...Read more
Asking for my girl friend. Both Seattle offer Apple: ICT 3 Base 160k RSU 325k Sign on 50k Refresh: depends, unknown so far TC ~253k Uber: SDE2 Base 173k RSU 330k Sign on 25k Target bonus: 23k Refresh: depends TC ~285k (Actual number could be higher than this ~300k considering Uber’s vest schedule....Read more
IF YOU'VE BEEN LAID OFF: there's help with referrals available, see the bottom of this post. Companies still hiring: Aetna Amazon American Family Insurance Autolist Bank Of America BetterHelp Capital One Chewy Cisco (Meraki) CVS DataDog Discord Do...Read more
Was a recent Meta layoff, and passed Uber EM2 virtual onsite mid January. Recruiter said my brief went very well, but the position I applied for was filled. So I’m looking for a new team to join as an EM2. Had 15+ yoe on big data, backed and infra. Located at Seattle. Please DM if you have such ope...Read more
I wanted to see some opinions on the following companies. For Uber and Microsoft, they are in Seattle/Redmond. Uber is the only one that can match my current comp. The other two offers are lesser than my current comp but fairly close to each other. I’m looking primarily for a good WLB and a product...Read more
Hey there blind community. Was impacted with the layoff and currently looking for referrals for TPM/ PM roles in the US Seattle / remote) . Please reply to this post if you can / willing to help. Thank you in advance… #ecommerce #tech #programmanagement #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slac...Read more
I’m an American citizen who moved to Bangalore when I was 5 years old. Went to an Ivy League school in the US on a full ride, and then worked in big tech as a PM for 6 years. Just got hit with my 3rd layoff in 6 years when I was working as an L5 PM at Meta in Seattle. I’m toying with the idea of mo...Read more
Hello Blind, My role was recently impacted by the 18k layoffs at Amazon. I have until end of March to find a new role and if anyone knows of any open Technical Program Manager roles please leave a comment below for referrals. YOE: 4 Current TC: 200k Location: remote, Seattle area (would be open ...Read more
Offers: Amazon AWS- SDE2 - Seattle - 285k Big Pharma (gsk) - Senior - San Francisco - 311k Current: Uber- 246k (183k+30k rsu +33k bonus) YOE- 6 Background: H1B with about 2.5 years remaining, no i140 + country of birth India so no scope of PR Considerations: - Day 1 GC/perm processing: both comp...Read more