I recently got offer from Goldman Sachs as well Arcesium. I would love to hear from blind community to decide among those two. Current TC = 13L Base + 1.5L Bonus + stocks YoE : 1+ year (2020 CS Undergraduate) GS offer : engineering Position : Analyst TC : 21L Base + 3-4L Variable Bonus + 12k USD/4 RSUs Arcesium offer : (Getting back with revised compensation after telling them GS offer) Position : Software Engineer Edited (Revised compensation) TC : 20L Base + 2.5L Bonus + 12L/4 LTI + 2L joining bonus Factors : 1. WLB 2. Career Growth 3. Culture #tech #goldmansachs #arcesium
VMWare is better IMO than both of them in all factors you asked the opinion for. Try increasing your TC at vmware or continue the grind
How did you apply for GS?
Recruiter approached me over LinkedIn
Another company, congrats OP but rather stay at VMware than these two.
Are both of them that bad?
GS - definitely from what I've heard.
VMware to Fintech is definitely not worth for short term gains π DM if you need a referral at Sharechat to maximize your TC
I tried for Sharechat as well sometime back (1-2 months). I rocked their OA, DS Algo rounds but couldn't clear System Design round.π
Try for tech companies, and jump if you wanna. Arcesium lowballs lateral hires and it doesnt feel nice to be making less than a new grad at 2yoe π₯²
Don't go to finTech firm from core product firm as mentioned above by people for just TC bump , you shd try for nutanix , Myntra I mean core product companies . If I were to choose between two it would be GS reason being GS has modern tech stack wrt Arcesium , core banking domain and work is better there they are develop from scratch
If you love yourself.. stay away from both of them
Thanks for your response. This bumped up my confusion for sureπ
What did you choose op?
Culture is good in Arcesium. But, no career growth.
Arcesium lowballs too high...i'd 20 base offer for sde1 from other company for same yoe, their hr head told they cannot give >18L base as its their policy for sde1. And here ure getting 20 base...loL, hr guys are s***π¬ Also bonus, Lti are π₯ at arcesium, u get it in year end in Jan. They shud b giving it eveey 3/6 months...what if u left at 9 months, u got π₯ perf reviews are every quarter/mid year but bonus are paid only in year end.. just a bait for you to stay.
One of my friend got 27.5L as a base for SDE1 ( not startup)
Trade your revised Arcesium offer with GS and then come back!
GS HR clearly mentioned this is final offer. It's kind of like take it or leave itπ!