Evaluate Google L5 SWE offer
160/30/380 after some negotiation. Comes up to 300 TC with 15% target bonus for meets. Seattle
Wouldn't get out of bed for this TC
Are you a principal at Amazon? This is a solid SDE3 comp.
What's 30?
Signon
How does that add up to 300k pa? 160+30+380/4= 285k???
15% performance bonus
Take it
Not too low? I was hoping for 320-330.
Ask for higher base. They can do 180
It is not very high. But without any leverage unlikely you can bump it up.
I have a bit higher offer but Google is not matching it fully.
From what company that another offer? Is it higher on base or rsu?
Total yoe please? If you have competing offers, use them else get a couple of offers for negotiation.
10+. Have one competing offer that is a bit higher but Google is not valuing it at par
Ya, try getting an offer from one of the other top tech companies.
Coming this is Seattle, it’s totally equal to 330k in Bay
I am a manager. Let me tell you something. Never ever ask for more base when base is low. Instead ask for more equity or signon. Reason: Year end salary planning takes previous base into account. If it was low before you would get higher increase for same rating. But equity planning does not look at previous grants. So having higher initial grant will not have a bigger impact on it. Technically manager can adjust it downward. But that is still a manual action. Assuming manager leaves it to the formula, you are better off coming in with lower base and same TC. It does lower your bonus slightly but that should be negligible for L5.
Great advice! I didn’t know this. This makes sense and is probably true at a lot of companies.
Not true at Yahoo though. They see your outstanding RSU before allotting.
Low