Base salary instead of "TC or GTFO"

Jun 28, 2021 971 Comments

What's the point of a 250K TC if your base salary is 120k (less than half) and the majority of your salary has a vesting period of 4 years lmao.

I say stop this dick measuring contest and mention your base salary.

Edit: Base 165k

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  • Facebook / Eng
    $3dx6>€hg

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    $3dx6>€hg
    It is salary distributed each quarter instead of every month. Why should RSU be treated differently than base.. even mortgage lenders take rsu into account when lending
    Jun 28, 2021 187
  • Apple
    IEatBBQ

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    IEatBBQ
    (Post tax take home / median house price in 15mi radius) * prestige^(2-yoe) or GTFO
    Jun 28, 2021 15
  • SSN or GTFO
    Jun 28, 2021 1
  • Google
    lcxt

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    lcxt
    I have a monthly vest that can be immediately bconverted to cash. For all intents and purposes it is another paycheck (worth more then the other 2 combined)

    Vests are incremental.

    So somebody with a 500k TC likely has 200k base and 800-900k of invested stock with an expected 300k refreshers.

    The only people who compare base are making peanuts
    Jun 28, 2021 7
  • GE
    bedtundy

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    bedtundy
    TC is the gross income that you expect on your W2 that year. How is that difficult to understand? It includes vested stock, base, bonus.
    Jun 28, 2021 8
    • GE / Product
      ksmh42

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      ksmh42
      Not selling stock would be a part of your net worth if you left it invested.

      Selling it would be considered as earned income and you'll pay higher overall taxes the following season. If you overpaid in taxes, it'll get adjusted and refunded as usual
      Jun 29, 2021
    • Amazon
      kobain

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      kobain
      Until they stop vesting and all you're left with is the base salary.
      RSU's are a one-time extraordinary bonus that you get for not leaving during the first 4 years.
      Jun 29, 2021