Swiggy vs Zeta

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vXGO71

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vXGO71
Jul 12, 2021 42 Comments

Hi Everyone,

I have an offer from Swiggy for a Sr Principal role and Zeta for a Principal II role.

Compensation at both companies is fairly similar considering the stage of companies. Could someone from these companies help me make a decision?

How is the wlb balance?

How much impact can someone at those roles have?

How to value their equity? Given swiggy is closer to a liquidation event, does it make sense to join now that they are already around 6B valuation.

Compensation:
Swiggy: Cash of around 1.3cr, equity of 1cr over 4 years.
Zeta: Cash of around 1.3cr, equity of around 65 Lakh over 4 years.

Update:
I am currently in USA and planning to move to India. Have 9 years of experience here and about 3 years in India before my masters.

#swiggy

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  • Google
    perennial

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    perennial
    WLB wise Zeta wins hands down over Swiggy.
    Try finding out what the buy-back strategies for each are considering the case where they don't IPO in your tenure there.
    Zomato and Swiggy both are bloated in terms of valuation at the moment.
    Jul 12, 2021 4
    • Walmart
      NTUz78

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      NTUz78
      Zeta has lack of senior ics and they are still in very early stage in their product maturity so it will have larger scope
      On wlb spoke with one of my ex-colleague and it seems to be good in zeta. As per him he work 10 to 6-7 , non night calls. Swiggy wlb definitely will be an issue
      Jul 12, 2021
    • Cisco
      vXGO71

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      vXGO71
      OP
      Thanks for the replies.

      Is there any swiggy/zeta employees here who would be willing to chat 1:1?
      Jul 13, 2021
  • Zeta
    EowU0

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    EowU0
    What specifics do you want to know about WLB?
    Last year zeta was certified as a great place to work.
    Every Friday we are following no meetings day till now.
    In the month of May-June, we had 6 working hours.
    We have got free Udemy business plans to watch anything and learn.
    Overall it all depends on how much work you can do with proper WLB . We don't follow the peer comparison thing too. You will be evaluated based on your performance.
    You can opt for refreshers for 2 weeks every quarter to build anything on your own or with the help of a team.
    Recently the company has gone above par to take care of the employees related to covid and also changed policies for the benefit of employees.
    There are many things that I can't mention here otherwise it might become a blog:p
    Jul 19, 2021 4
  • Agree with Walmart, Principal - II is pretty senior. Also AFAIK, Swiggy is not as engineering driven as Zeta.
    Congratulations and Good Luck
    Jul 13, 2021 2
  • Qualcomm / Eng
    OTA

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     OTA
    Congrats on the offers.. What is ur area of expertise? Are you in networks at Cisco and joining networks team at Swiggy/Zeta?
    Jul 12, 2021 1
  • Flipkart
    Maximumten

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    Maximumten
    On a side note, i feel you are getting slightly lowballed. I guess you are 14 including masters.
    Companies like amazon uber may pay you slightly higher.
    Jul 16, 2021 4
    • Cisco
      vXGO71

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      vXGO71
      OP
      Not a fan of Amazon culture or wlb. Also wanted to work for an Indian company while working in India.
      Jul 16, 2021
    • Uber
      yylK83

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      yylK83
      That's not true. Uber pays l5a around 1 cr plus easily. I was internally promoted and got close to 1 cr. For external hires it'll be higher.
      Not sure about Amazon.
      Sep 2, 2021