Cool technology, probably the leader in the field. Mostly a high hiring bar for engineers Lot of the good of a startup but with more money and benefits
WLB is terrible Uncertain future so can't value compensation clearly
Given the recent competition in AV—How much do you think $300,000 RSUs are worth in 5 yr?
I left Waymo two years ago, partly because the stock valuation was so opaque. All they would ever say is that it was worth $11 (or whatever it was at the time), without ever saying the number of shares. Now that Waymo has raised outside funding, rumored at a valuation of $30B, what’s the current pr...Read more
Since waymo will literally never go public since it's backed by Google why would people work there knowing their stock is worthless?
Anyone know how Waymo stock unit work? If I am offered 400k (over 4 years), how should I value it. tc 300k
#waymo Can you please share your experience with the Waymo Stock. 1. For folks who left Waymo was there a stock buyback? 2. Has there been any liquidity events?
Recently got an offer form Waymo. They seem to offer WMUs (which seem like RSU) and Options both of which vest over 4 years. Looking for help with several questions: 1. How are options and WMUs different ? Do I have to pay the company the strike price (out of my base salary) to exercise the optio...Read more
I am currently interviewing for waymo. Do they offer stock buybacks, or is the stock fully illiquid for now? #waymo
Evaluating an offer from Waymo and curious to know how people value Waymo stock. I was given options @$11 and WMUs. Do people have suggestions and best practices about how to value this against liquid options (work at Apple). Curious what people think the price is likely to be in 2-5 years. I know ...Read more
Friend got an offer from Waymo. The recruiter told her that the stock is purposely undervalued so that it will appreciate in the future. I smell BS. Waymo employees, how do you value Waymo stock given how illiquid it is? Any tips?
I heard this but it doesn't make sense to me. Why give Waymo stock instead of Alphabet, which is already publicly tradeable?
I am about to have a final loop for Waymo as an L6, and I was wondering about stock. They gave me some general numbers at the beginning of the process, but nothing final obviously as I still have the on-site. I was wondering a couple things. 1. What is the comp for a hardware L6 lead at Mountain V...Read more
Hello all I am applying for a staff engineer position with Waymo. The recruiter and hiring manager did not clearly mention if Waymo stock can be liquidated or if it can be liquidated only once Waymo IPOs. Can any folks in Waymo help me with this? Current TC (with stock appreciation): 1M ish #waymo...Read more
At Waymo being recruited by Zoox. Heard they have both paper money and amazon stock. How does that work? Do you think they will have larger financial upside than Waymo? TC: 370 #Zoox #Waymo
Hey guys, I’m at our usual dilemma - which offer to pick. GOOG (current TC): 300k Tesla: 450k Waymo: 200k base and 250k stock over next 4yrs With google or Tesla their stock is liquid, so the split matters less to me. Waymo claims their stock is gonna grow like crazy. Thoughts?
Hey Waymo friends! How are the offers structured at Waymo? Do you receive Google stock? Is there any part that is illiquid? Thanks in advance. TC: 400k
Waymo L5: 205k base + 30k bonus + 93k (at 409a price) stock = 375k TC 205k base + 30k bonus + 204k (at preferred price) stock = 439k TC (say, if IPO) 30k sign-on, 10k 401k match Nuro L5: 210k base + 25k bonus + 170 (options in $, preferred - strike) = 406k TC Both pre-negotiated and units in $ per...Read more
Waymo consumes too much money of google’s. I bet google stock will pop if we liquidate Waymo. I think the tech the vehicles together worth 50b at min
My friend got an offer from Waymo for SWE L4. 150k base 25k signon RSUs worth 60k and a number and number of stock options which are currently worth 0. I believe Waymo stocks have lot of upside compared to GSUs but, How do one evaluate an offer like this ? What would be the TC?