Hello All, Background: I have 13 years of experience - first 6yrs as IC, lead at larger cos, last 7yrs at a bunch of early stage startups where either I was the co-founder or the first hire (most of which did average). I'm now looking to make a switch to bigger companies (its almost like a career change to be honest), I haven't been focussed on leet-coding much, but am getting into the groove now but it might take ~ 4 months to be FAANG level (given my current workload at work). I think thats slightly longer term for me. I have an initial verbal offer from Checkr which I'm considering. Base 210k (in SF), with ~$200K (standard 4 yr cliff) RSUs at 2B valuation with a potential IPO in 4yrs at 6B valuation (thats the recruiter's pitch at-least). I would appreciate some insights about the future of the company. How is it like to work there *these* days, and any insights into it in general. How is the work life balance? Like any fast growing startup, I'm sure it has its fair share of problems. But I'm trying to decide if being a part of the growth makes it worth it at Checkr. Thanks!
I find the options available to be a bit limiting. That's why I prefer chess.
Also curious as I have an informal verbal offer as well!
@5a3ec853e4 and @neWu27 what did you guys end up doing with the offer
Offer had gotten pushed back. Supposedly, I’ll be receiving it end of feb? It was due to over hiring last year and waiting for some other admin things to land
@neWu27 If you have other options I'd stay away from Checkr. I joined several months ago and I'm thinking of leaving before my one year cliff. The codebase is utter garbage, the devops team largely has no idea what they're doing and overall engineering is weak. They also just instituted stack ranking due to over-hiring and cutting costs.
Op- you joined Checkr?
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Typo, corrected with more details.
Good base. Stocks are a bit low. See if you can double stocks. How old are you?