Good pay and benefits , nice work/life balance; smart colleagues, free lunch
The old culture of Google where employees are encouraged to speak up is gone. Lots of yes men and the morale and work suffers for it
It seems like Facebook, Amazon and Uber can be put in the same bucket as they're all stressful places (Amazon is probably more noisy due to lower hiring bar and more people struggling to perform, and bigger size thus more people complaining). Then there are startups which can be good but there's a ...Read more
Got a google offer for Level 5 ~300TC. I performed well in the interview as they appear to be jumping through hoops to get me to agree to a much lower salary. But this offer is unacceptably low given level 5 at a lot of companies is near 500 now. It’s also less than what I make now as a T5. I haven’...Read more
Google has been my dream company so I decided to interview with them even though I've only been with Microsoft less than a year. I'll be forfeiting and need to pay back relocation, signing bonus, stocks. All totalling $130k. Do you think Google will help cover that if I ask? I'm scared to ask. Wha...Read more
Spend billions to lay people off with billions of dollars of revenue. Seriously Google?! https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/30/24056132/google-spent-two-billion-on-layoffs-severance-fourth-quarter-earnings-2023 #google #layoff
Recently finished G onsite and was told I wasn't L4 material but L3 was good. I got the typical "you were close, so we think you'd make L4 in a year or so" talk so not sure if that's true or not. Looking at rough salary ranges from levels.fyi, and what it costs to live in SF, I'd be taking a pay cu...Read more
Hi, I am guessing there might be few more companies paying similar to the companies like Google and FB. I might start job search soon so collecting some data. Is there a list of such companies? Thanks for the help.
Here is a web application that pulls a bunch of salary information from different sources, filters out outliers, then aggregates so you can see if you are paid high/low https://offers.wiki The goal is to make a website like Wikipedia where every offer is transparent. Here are some plans 1. Expand...Read more
At Amazon my Wlb is not terrible always but sometimes it is. Heard Microsoft is much better for coasting. But TCs are terribly low. Wondering what’s Google is doing which other companies aren’t. Are they so much profitable that they can afford employees to chill and give them high salaries? Or are...Read more
Been at Google nearly forever, want to try something new. Ideally a smaller company where I can drive and execute on projects faster. Trying to have average 40 hour work weeks. Can pay more than my current TC, factoring in initial equity grants. TC $400k at grant value, L5, 10 YOE No, I'm not tryi...Read more
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/03/14/google-employees-growing-unhappy-with-pay-and-promotions-survey-shows.html
Bloomberg too ^ we don’t get paid as much but WLB is great. 260, 7 yoe
Any idea on the sales engineer levels at google with pay rate? Is it worth switching from DevOps? Tc- 200k cash
I'm starting soon at a non-FAANG with (hopefully) pretty good WLB and pay around Amazon SDE III/Google L4 in my country (yes, they are similar here). The actual level is more comparable to low Google L4, but pay is good so I'm not complaining. Allegedly I did great in the Google Tech Screen (they m...Read more
My Google Pay account has been suspended since February 2021 and I have been trying to resolve the issue since then. Tldr: Google customer service keeps sending me links to upload a copy of a gift card that I don't have. When I call and talk to an agent, they mention they need to verify the Credit ...Read more
Currently at MS (Redmond), Level: 64, TC: 260K - 275K. YOE: 5-8. Google offer (Seattle/Kirkland), Level: 4, TC: 245K - 260K (15K less than current TC) and 30K - 40K sign-on bonus on top (first year 20K more with sign-on). My current team and matched team are similar (both focused on cloud and the...Read more
Google stock is embarrassing and they have audacity to down level and lowball engineers. TC:200K
Rejected after Onsites for both, so I have to wait 6 months before I have another shot. I want to interview and jump asap while my interview prep is fresh. 3 170
Are there any? Please dont say Google,FB,Netflix, I think it is clear that I am asking for the best of both WLB & Pay.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/24/google-employees-bombard-execs-about-pay-at-recent-all-hands-meeting.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/14/google-employees-growing-unhappy-with-pay-and-promotions-survey-shows.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab