Red Hat vs AWS offer

Jul 21, 2021 15 Comments

Red Hat:
Fully remote
Base salary - 125k
15% annual bonus
30k annual target for equity awards
TC: 143k - 173k (the big variance worries me as I was told the 30k isn't guaranteed)

AWS:
Partially remote (2-3 days in the office)
Base salary - 149k
68k sign on bonus, 39k Y1, 29k Y2
28 shares of stock
TC: 191k

Current TC: 122k and fully remote

AWS offers 10 days off a year, and Red Hat offers 20 + a company wide shut down over the week of Christmas

The WLB sounds much better at Red Hat, but the AWS offer would be a higher salary. But if I were to get the full 30k/yr of equity at Red Hat, a 20k (10k net after taxes) difference wouldn't be as big of a deal, especially if I'm fully remote. I also think the prestige of Amazon makes me want to work for them more as it would open more doors in the future.

I'm really struggling to decide. I highly value my remote lifestyle. Thoughts?

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