Cisco Grade 10 vs Grade 11, also evaluate the offer
Nov 16, 2021
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I have an offer from Cisco wanted to check the difference between Grade 10 vs Grade 11 .
Initially they verbal offered me Grade 11 but seems like one of the interviewers seemed to believe i need to be groomed more for a Grade 11 position but TC wise i am convinced.
Should i push for Grade 11 or just take Grade 10 .
Is there significant difference between these grades ? I was previously Intel Grade 7 , how does it compare to cisco levels.fyi is confusing me more regards to this grading.
Current TC -175 K
Cisco offer - 171 k base , 15% bonus , 80 k / 4 years 10 % sign so New TC -217 k
Levels.fyi - Compare career levels across companies
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Base range is better for 11 grade and refreshers a bigger.
It's hard to get promoted to 11 grade from my and my colleagues experience.
With that being said I'm level grade now and my base is by 15K more than you posted + 30k more RSU for 4 years.
Your haven't posted your YOE mine is 10+
can you elaborate.
1. Low paid
2. No guarantee of refreshers/RSUs
3. It's for boomers