Recruiter mentioned that I will be eligible for bonus at 10%, but the offer letter does not say it. Offer only mentions that I "might be eligible for a bonus". Are these the same things? I asked the recruiter and was told that this is how Apple creates the offer and does not mention the bonus numbers. Is that true?
That’s true. Bonuses are not called out in offer letters.
So, I should just trust the recruiter that I will get it in September?
If you want September refreshers you better accept and start working ASAP. The cutoff is something like March 14th. Don’t remember the exact date. But you’ll want to start your first day before then. I did and I got 80k refreshers in September for doing practically nothing during onboarding. Past the cutoff you get no refreshers until the following year. And recruiters will not explain what your bonus and RSUs will be like because it varies by org and by team. Hence they don’t mention it.
Interesting, I'm not at apple but my last two companies both called out my target bonus percentage in the offer letter.
Yes this is common. Negotiate to fold the bonus into sign on if you won’t meet the cut off date ...
Does Amazon has refresher bonus, current joining date is 1st April and wondering if it does then what's the cutoff date
This is common in other companies