- Love work but unsatisfied with level/comp i just joined Microsoft few months ago after grad school from top 5 college. i love my work and have already earned good reputation across the board with impactful contributions. but i have very specialized skill sets in AI, am very passionate and hardworking but my comp and level is low tier. i fe
- Interview Cycle: Facebook M1, Google L7, Microsoft L68, and Local Public Company Hello all. I recently interviewed for positions at a local public company, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and promised in another thread to recount the experiences, since there’s not a lot of Blind info for the experienced/higher level folks. So I don’t have to GTFO, TC is currently $396k (was $5
- I am done with Amazon!! I have been in Amazon for around 3.5 years now. Worked in India for around 2 years 8 months and then moved to AWS, Seattle. SDE2. Comp 180k Getting shitty comp as compared to other native Americans and other SDEs with masters degree. I am having 5 years of total experience. I can't see enough good
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and industry lounge. - vote FB vs Google Offer Decision New Grad FB: 118k base, 220k stock, 100k sign on, 10% perf (negotiated, return rockstar intern) G: 125k base, 260k stock, 50k sign on, 15% perf (negotiated hard) Facebook has faster promos so it will make up for the slightly lower initial grant very quickly. Google has a less tarnished name and intial high
- Refreshers at Okta? Recently started the process at Okta. Was wondering what the stock refreshers look like annually? Can anyone provide ranges? Probably going for senior swe band. I ask because I know the bands at fb and google, but wanted to compare with Okta. Thanks!
- Reflecting on the Page/Brin age Google used to have a cool innovative culture. Now it's known for firing people who speak out. No more TGIF, food is meh, lots of people getting shitty TCs. iOS still way better than Android. Oculus is doing way better than DayDream. AWS and Azure doing way better than GCP. Larry and Sergey had a
- Weird vesting schedule in Google I got a weird offer from Google. It has a lot of stocks first year, but very little 4th year. TC by years is 461, 382, 335, 289k. Level is L5. If I sum it and divide by four it's 366k which isn't that exciting comparing to my current 350k TC. What's the point of this schedule? Do they try to squeeze
- vote Sharing my offer numbers from big companies for your reference I see many questions on compensation here and would like to help answer some of them with the limited data I have. I'd like to shed some light on what the industry is paying and also encourage people to negotiate hard. I went on an interviewing spree recently with the big companies for an SWE posit
- How do you answer recruiter “will you accept the offer if we give your expected numbers” Hi all, trying to get some help for the negotiation skills here. I got the verbal offer for Google, FB, Lyft, Linkedin, Airbnb. All for l4 levels. For reasons like location, WLB I will probably choose Google finally. I believe I had a strong onsite feedback and given all other offers I’m shooting f
- vote Is FANG still relevant as an elite destination for top performers? (CNBC's controversial, sensationalist financial analyst) Jim Cramer coined the term six years ago as a sample of fast-growing, large cap tech stocks, with no mention of the myriad other factors for an employee's well-being and career satisfaction. (In 2013, if Huawei had been a better-performing an
- From laid off to 6 offers and 2x TC Sorry this post is late, I know some people were waiting for me to write this TL;DR: Got laid off, was sad, studied hard, did a bunch of interviews, did a bunch of back-to-back onsites, got 6 offers, doubled my previous TC This is my story on how I went from someone that never leetcoded or done a
- vote Google L4 vs Facebook IC5 Google (L4 SWE): - TC: 242.5k without sign-on, 282.5k with - base: 150k + 15% bonus - equity: 280k - sign on: 40k - monthly vesting schedule - better match for languages/technologies used - downlevel...although perhaps this might aid in WLB... Facebook (IC5 - NOT E5 - Solutions Engin
- Negotiating Google vs Facebook I interned with Facebook and recieved a return offer (118 base, 10% bonus, 160 stock, 65 sign on). I just passed HC with Google (am in PA match) and wanted to know how much I can expect to negotiate Google to. TC: 0
- Bad week for technology stocks. Are we in trouble? Netflix: dropped over $100 per share from $418 down to $316 Facebook: dropped over $40 per share from $217 down to $173. Even Google has fallen down over $50 per share recently. Tech stocks have been booming for a long time, but now I'm seeing this. What is happening? My friends are seeing it, t
- immigrating to US -current situation I am planning to apply tech companies in US. I can find internal references for FB and Amazon. I had an onsite with Google in the past and my cool off is ended. Aside from those companies, would other companies sponsor h1b petition for me? do you have any other company suggestions? What are my cha
- link Stop asking for tech company offer numbers! Read this and thank me! Interested in more of such posts? Sign up with Blind today! https://us.teamblind.com/invite/qs7Kmvaz ----- Annoyed by all the repeated questions about offers on Blind, I went to collate the numbers from the posts I see on Reddit and Blind. I update this list as and when I see compensation d
- Zillow vs Palo Alto Networks I need to evaluate 2 internship offers. Zillow is seattle based and Pan is Santa Clara based. The salaries are all around 8K/month, although I do not care much about this. The return rate are high for both companies. Zillow Pros: the office looks really nice. I think it offers good package for new
- 🥇 MAJOR TECH EMPLOYER POWER RANKINGS (SEATTLE ONLY, Q4 2017) These rankings take into account: desirability, compensation, prestige, reputation, quality of life, exclusivity, company trajectory, social brand value, career growth opportunities, stock performance, location, office quality and a secret sauce of other factors. This analysis is focused specificall
- Sharing a lot of information from my recent interviews (Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc) Since I am going to delete Blind soon, thought I would share offer details to give back to the community before I left. I got some help on here about interviews, negotiations and team selection, so I hope this info is useful to someone. The information is from a few months ago. Some background info
- vote Evaluate the offers current TC: 170k, yoe: 4 outstanding offers(All after negotiations) Amazon, SDE 2, bay area (Alexa devices org) Base: 165k sign on: 100k (1st year), 85k next stocks: 150k (significant vesting on 3rd and 4th year) TC: 248k avg Apple, ICT3, cupertino (iCloud org) Base: 160k signon: 50k stocks: 250k
- link PM Interview Prep Plan: How I got PM offers from Google, Expedia, Microsoft, and Facebook Five months ago I got fedup with the crap culture at Amazon (needs a separate post) and decided to start working on my game plan for interviews at tech companies. Now, I have three offers from the tech companies - Expedia is travel not in the same league I know. No trolls please. Profile: CS Engine
- Help me negotiate with Google! (currently in Menlo Park, and all offers in SF Bay area) Current situation at FB: === * Role: SWE * Level: IC5 (E5) * YoE: 12 * Base: 196k * Bonus target: 15% * Annual refresher: ~$120k (per usual) * Unvested FB stock: $332k * Tenure at FB: 3 yrs Google offer === * Role: SWE * Leve
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and industry lounge. - FB vs Google Current E5 @ FB: Base $188K, Bonus $30K, Stock $157K. Got Google L5 Offer: Base $183K, Bonus $27K, Stock $187K, Sign-on $10K Google's pros: * Easier commute (40 min -> 20 min) * WLB FB's pros * Career momentum (have clear roadmap to E6) Which one is better?
- Questions to ask during Google team matching Will start the team matching process with Google soon. What are some good questions to ask to determine health of team/org and role/responsibilities fit? L5 backend engineer TC: 250k at Microsoft, no numbers yet from Google Edit: 6 yoe Edit 2: Google’s initial offer: 165k base w/ 15% bonus 20k s
- Dealing with golden handcuffs ($1.5M) Guys, I am applying to FAANG but don’t want to waste my time. I have about $1.5M worth of unvested stocks at Microsoft. I am wondering if any of the FAANG companies won’t be able to compensate this loss as equity or by some other means. I am targetting Google L6/L7, Facebook E7, Amazon L7 and very l
- Facebook SWE M2 offer, how does it compare to D1 TC? Even though I manage a team of over 120 engineers at Google, FB would only let me interview for M2 instead of D1. That said the offer I received seems pretty decent, but curious how it would compare to compensation at D1. Salary - 275k Sign on bonus - 100k RSU grant - 1.8M TC for first year would
- vote L6 swe offers: G, F Google: cloud org Base: 210k Bonus: 20% target Rsu: 950k (monthly vest for 4yrs) Sign on 100k Facebook: data infra Base: 220k Bonus 20% target Rsu: 920k (no cliff, 4yrs vesting) Sign on 100k Both bay area (Sunnyvale & Menlo park). 14 yoe. Both companies have said the offer is "final", not willing
- eBay stocks What should I do with 60k USD worth of eBay stocks? Been in my portfolio since 2013 as wife's RSU. She has quit eBay long back. Seems like the dream of an Amazon/Alibaba/FB/Google aquisition remains a distant dream. Want to take action before the dream become's a nightmare.
- Facebook New Grad Stock Negotiation I recently got a new grad offer from FB: Base: 118k w/ 10% target bonus Stock: 160k / 4 years Sign on: 70k I have a Google onsite coming up and I'm planning to negotiate hard to improve my offers. Is it possible to get FB stock up to 220k and signing bonus to 100k if my Google offer is good enough
- link The ugly side of working at Amazon 1. Only 6 public holidays per year. 2. Only 2 sick days. 3. Parking is subsidized ($160 per month), but not free, in a crowded downtown Seattle. 4. Zero paternity leave. 5. Sometimes you have to pay for your own food in team gatherings (feels silly when the business is making millions of dollars, an
- vote FB e5 vs Google L4 vs Amazon L6 Please vote and comment reason. Google TC: $105k in India Facebook TC: $385($205 base, $150k stocks/yr, $30k sign on) plus $100k sign-on Amazon: Yet to get details of offer. Offer would for Seattle YoE: 5 with masters
- silicon valley companies I want to move to SF from Seattle, for my BF. I’m level 60 at MSFT (one level below SD2). Can I get a SD2 role if I interview for another company outside? how do the levels work? I was thinking of applying to Google, Fb, Lyft, Airbnb, Pinterest, Stripe, Square, Asana, Rohinhood, Rubrick. Are ther
- Compensation Tiers of Companies for Tech Jobs By popular demand, I'm reposting one of my replies on another thread. This tiering is based on both trajectory and overall scale of total comp (base+bonus+stock) for IC positions. Edit: subsidiaries with the same pay go under the parent (e.g. Twitch and Amazon) Based off of all the comp data points
- Rant: Qualcomm offer? How? New grad here...I double majored in EE and CS...got the this offer from Qualcomm Bay Area for HW Engineer: base 95k, signon 20k, RSU 22.5k vested over 3 years Is this a joke?! This is the only HW offer I have. I got SWE offers from Google, Citadel, Apple, FB, and those offers after negotiations ha
- vote Offer comparison Company - Level/Base/Sign-on/RSU Uber - L4/$150K/$20K/$250k Google - L4/$150K/$50K/$275K Tesla - P3/$160K/$0K/$750K Facebook - E5/$190K/$10K/$500K YoE: 7
- Google negotiation timing/strategy Got an initial offer for SWE L4 at google. TC: 217k (~ 150/180 RSU/20 signon) (seems low according to blind, levels. fyi and friends at G) location: MTV When and how should i negotiate for more RSU or sign on? No competing offer yet but expect to get Facebook SWE E4 in Novemver (new headcount) (
- Lowball FB return offer. x2 FB intern and x2 Google(SRE and SWE). Base: 150k Stocks: 300k/4 How to negotiate?
- Amazon L4 offer confusion Hi All, I recently got a offer with Amazon for L4 new grad. I have 3 years of work experience back in india as one of the Founding tech member from a start up. One of my friend got L5 with the same experience, but he gave interview for L5. I guess I was interviewed for L4, and they didnt gave me a
- Opinions on offers I recently got several offers from Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, Microsoft, Snapchat as well as some other start-up and midsize companies like Akamai. Here is TC, team and level: Facebook (WhatsApp, data infra): 155k+300k (4 yrs)+100k+10%=270.5k, E4 Google (Fire base): 140k+300k (4 yrs)
- link Microsoft L61 offer Redmond YOE: 6 + Masters With my YOE, I was hoping for L62 or even an L63. But it is what it is. After some negotiation, these are the numbers I have. Microsoft Cloud + AI Core Platform, Redmond L61 (Offer letter doesn't mention this, though. It's what the recruiter says.) Base: 135K Signing bonus: 40K RS
- vote Facebook vs. Dropbox Got offers from both for Seattle, where to go? Currently L5 at Google making about 330k total per year. Facebook offers E5: 185 base/15% yearly bonus/600 stock/50 sign on Dropbox offers L4: 205 base/20% yearly bonus/600 stock/50 sign on Stock is over 4 years. Dropbox stock is valued at $11.46 and
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and industry lounge. - Does anyone else find software engineering boring and meaningless? I came from a reputable university. Worked really hard in my computer science program, graduated nearly top among my peers. Was planning to do a PhD but decided to work since I got a job from G. Was really frustrated by politics and the environment and jumped to Apple to join a friend’s team. Team
- FB E5 offer. I got offer E5 @ FB. 190k base 15 % bonus. 100k signon. 600k RSU. What do you think.? 20 yoe. Current TC 250k. Update: I have interviewed for L6 @ amazon. They came back with L5 and promise of L6 in a year. Ready to give 325 to 350 K TC. I have given these numbers to FB once I cleared HC. FB
- Google L5 lowball offer Got an offer from Google GCP team. L5 PgM. Still initial offer as I am still negotiating with recruiter. Base 150k. 15% bonus. RSU 120k sign on bonus 30k puts 1st year TC approx 230k. Currently TC at Oracle is 210k. Not a huge jump. Oracle cloud isn't going anywhere. yoe 15 Other advantages
- It'll be US's loss to not give Indian enough GC, and here's why Indian's economy is booming, and it's already large enough for India's own tech giants. Those who return will build India's own search engine, social network, mobile os, transportation app, etc. and the US companies that makes tons of profit from India will cry. Time to sell your Google / FB / Amaz
- FB E5 , Amazon L6 , Google L4 I got above offers. Current Exp: 13 years FB offer: 190, 500k, 15%, 100k joining bonus. Amazon: 185, (360 over two years) , 500k rsu (5,15,40,40) Google is ready to match FB/amazon These are without any negotiation. I am leaning towards joining Google if they match comp. Am I crazy? EDIT: . I have
- OCI COMPENSATION IC-3 Recently got a verbal offer from Oracle OCI. Location : Seattle downtown Base : $150k Stocks : Approx 90k per year [ 6500 vesting across 4 years (25 % at each anniversary) ] Sign on bonus : $ 20k Total TC : 150 + 90 = $240 k No target annual bonus or guaranteed refreshments. 3 Years of work
- Facebook M1 Comp Package FB decided they’re moving forward with an offer for M1 (level 6). Google is giving me the answer early this week (expecting it to be positive). Now FB wants me to tell them my comp expectations. First question: should I really give them a number? What would be a good negotiation strategy? My TC at
- Currently at Apple. Interviewing at Google X and Facebook I have been at Apple for a few years, currently IC5 with TC of 400K (180k+40k bonus+170k RSU refresher), and 2018 W2 was over $500k due to stock going up. I have a good relationship with my manager but I feel stuck in the position with no promotion possible, so a couple months ago I sent my CV to G
- Microsoft Offer Negotiation Hi all, I am a master's student in one of the ivy league schools. I received the following offer: Role: PM Location: Redmond, WA Base: 110K Sign-on Bonus: 25K + 5.5K for Relocation Stock: 70K over 3.5 years Level 59 Is there any room for negotiation to up the TC? I heard master students can get