Google vs Meta Offer

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Mar 29 8 Comments

I recently landed offers from Google and Meta.

Both offers are for L4. Meta's TC is just under 300k and Google is a little over 300k with Google giving ~10k more. Meta is also giving a 45k s/o bonus.

I have a mostly data engineering background. Google team would be for Android app dev.

I can probably go back to Meta to negotiate a higher final number but Google's is likely final.

I was wondering which company would be best to join, prioritizing skill/career growth and WLB? Also, how much does switching the engineering focus from data engineering to Android app dev matter for career progression?

TC: 176k
YoE: ~5

#tech #google #meta #swe

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  • Meta
    monkee๐Ÿต

    Go to company page Meta

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    Why are you looking at this ๐Ÿ‘€
    monkee๐Ÿต
    Career growth or WLB? Pick one.

    Also, Meta refreshers are much higher than Google. And youโ€™ll get them at the end of your first year, whereas at google you wonโ€™t get them until your second year.
    Mar 29 2
    • New
      fness

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      OP
      I've heard from blind and through some people I know that it's not rare to be on a team that works 30 hour work weeks at Google. Do you know if many teams at Meta have similar WLB or is the average closer to 40?

      It would be helpful to get an idea of how much WLB I'd be giving up by choosing one or the other.
      Mar 29
    • Meta
      monkee๐Ÿต

      Go to company page Meta

      BIO
      Why are you looking at this ๐Ÿ‘€
      monkee๐Ÿต
      Both companies have 100k+ employees and thousands of teams, so broad generalizations about WLB really mean nothing. There are teams with good WLB and teams with bad WLB at both companies. There are certainly people at Google in some orgs working 50+ hours a week, and some people at Meta working around 30. Itโ€™s pretty much impossible to determine โ€œhow much WLB youโ€™d be giving up,โ€ especially since you donโ€™t even have a team for Meta yet lol.

      That being said, there are probably more good WLB teams at Google than Meta. But the tradeoff is itโ€™s on average much faster to go from 4->5 here, and youโ€™ll make more $ over time when you consider refreshers and promo.
      Mar 29
  • Google
    botrobo

    Go to company page Google

    botrobo
    Both are good offers . Very little to differentiate between the 2 imo but I would go with google for WLB .
    Mar 29 0
  • Apple
    5nBrLfaVB

    Go to company page Apple

    5nBrLfaVB
    Google
    Mar 29 0
  • Amazon
    MNpx26

    Go to company page Amazon

    MNpx26
    Location? Also did they tell you which level you were interviewing for or you found out when receiving offer?
    Apr 5 0
  • APS / Project
    no_stonks

    Go to company page APS Project

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    Kohlโ€™s
    no_stonks
    Ask Google to match 45k signing bonus
    Mar 30 0