I've browsed through a bunch of posts. Getting an offer on Mon for Amazon AWS L5 Partner Solution Architect Lets say if the offer is like this: TC: 250k Base: 160k Sign-on: 50/30 (Y1, Y2) RSU: ?? I am totally lost on what the RSU number for year 1, 2, 3 and 4 would be? What is this 15% appreciation baked in yearly? Lets assume they used a 30 day avg price of 2600 (June 10, 2020). Can somebody please break down year 1-4 amts, i need to figure out how to start negotiating RSUs/Sign-ons, the stock has gone quite high from the covid-19 buying frenzy Thanks! #offer #aws #l5 #amazon
Vesting is 5/5/40/40% per year. Work backwards. 15% is baked in when you are granted the RSUs. So say you are granted 50 RSUs, go from there. .05*50=y1 etc. The 15% is moreso when they are awarding (or not) y5+ depending on your TC target (TCT: you will never know this figure at offer stage).
For negotiation just focus on what your year 1 and 2 total comp should be. Whatever you are ready to accept, add 50% as a starting point. They will figure out the breakout and rest.
My offer didn't have any appreciation built into it for years 3 and 4. But my offer also wasn't near the top of the band(220k) I think the closer you are to the top of the band the more likely they are to build in depreciation.
Is this a tech role? Base seems high (will prob be lower) but RSU ($150k value) and sign on seem right for L5.
Vesting will be 5%, 15%, 40%, 40% for 4 years. First two years will be heavy in sign on and will try to match your promised TC. But for year 3 & 4, the TC will be 15% less than the total TC of year 1&2. They calculate 15% stock appreciation for year 3 & 4 and will mention you will easily reach your target TC in year 3 & 4.
Thanks i get the 5 + 15 + 40 + 40, i am missing how the rsu based on a particular stock price has 15% appreciation baked in. I could use an example please
it's not accurate, but something like this TC : 250 Base:160k Sign on : 82.5/65 RSU: 150k over 4 years Y1: 250 Y2: 247 Y3: 220 Y4: 220