CompensationMar 30, 2018
Microsoftgay4pay

Are these Facebook benefits real ?

Heard about the following Facebook benefits but I don't see them listed in my offer letter. Are they real for Seattle campus ? - Free Uber to work up to $15 per trip. - $15.000 one-time bonus for living (renting or owning) 10 miles or less from Seattle campus. - Wednesday reimbursable dine out meals (what is the limit?) Additionally what does the 401K 50% match up to 7% limit mean ? does it mean that if your base is 100k if you paid 14k into your 401k Facebook will pay 7K and the rest won't be matched at all ? Or does it mean that once your 401k has received 7% of your base (2.3 K from Facebook and 4.6 K from you = 7%) then after that Facebook won't match anything ?

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Microsoft P4zy2r Mar 30, 2018

1. Yes but the benefit is taxable 2. No that’s for Menlo Park 3. Yes for lunch but I don’t know limit

Microsoft Airbdicisn Mar 30, 2018

For 401K it’s %50 of first %7 that you contribute. So if your base is $100K and you contribute $7K the company contributes $3500 to your 401K. For anything you contribute above $7K there is no more match.

Microsoft gay4pay OP Mar 30, 2018

so am I to understand that for a base salary of 177k, you can disregard the 7% limit since you'll be hitting the IRS limit before you'll be hitting the 7% limit? 177*7% = 12.4k + 50% = 18.6 -- (18.6 > 18.5 IRS limit)

Deloitte sIbE27 Mar 30, 2018

Match doesn't count towards the IRS limit.

Facebook noideawhy Mar 30, 2018

No, the IRS limit is only for personal contributions, not for employer contributions.

Microsoft gay4pay OP Mar 31, 2018

okay so for a base of 100K what's the maximum that Facebook will contribute to your 401k ? is it 3.5 K or 7K ?

Intel oral-B Mar 31, 2018

3.5

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techyogi Mar 30, 2018

IRS limit only applies to your contributions. It doesn’t include the employer match.

Facebook OmggmO Mar 30, 2018

Lunch is $25 limit

Microsoft Da dum da Mar 30, 2018

Damn! I’d buy the best salads.

Microsoft Satya007 Aug 3, 2019

Salads!? I'd go to a Brazilian steakhouse hahaha

Facebook hohoyoyo Mar 30, 2018

There is $3000 baby cash for new born, $4000 per year for daycare.

Facebook OmggmO Mar 30, 2018

You got that reversed. 4k baby, 3k babysit I think

Facebook open Mar 31, 2018

$15k is sweet + $10k relocation bonus on top of all relocation expenses paid for, so if you are moving to MPK for FB add $25k on top of your first year TC.

Amazon Finmin Apr 1, 2018

Is the 15k just on the first year? How does it work? Do we have to show lease agreement? Relocating to Bay Area from Seattle and this'll help me live close by.

Uber sad Apr 2, 2018

Hey, 15k is for move within 10 miles, 10k is for moving cost, is that right? What if i am moving within Bay area, but currrntly ouside 10 miles?

Microsoft gay4pay OP Mar 31, 2018

Can anyone also share when the semi annual performance reviews happen ?

Facebook public Mar 31, 2018

Semi annually. Twice a year.

Microsoft gay4pay OP Mar 31, 2018

LOL... for Microsoft it's end of July and you get the results back in September. what about for Facebook?

Workday subotah Mar 31, 2018

Review/Calibration in Jan/July and conversation/merit increase/cash bonus payout in late Feb/Aug. Base increase and cash bonus twice a year but RSU only once (grant date 3/15) usually.

Facebook lovesecret Mar 31, 2018

Typically you don’t get a raise on the non RSU giving evaluation unless you get a promotion that cycle