Asking this for a friend. They are expecting an offer in coming weeks from Netskope for a Staff SWE position. It is supposed to be a demanding position from the effort and time that goes into it. We both did our individual lookup on levels.fyi (where salaries aren't available, just random data points) and Glassdoor and it is really hard to tell. Data is all over the place and not reliable. But our general take was that for the west coast, the base could be around 200K for the Staff level (which seems similar to 65/66 range Principal at MS after reading the job responsibilities for this level). There didn't seem to be a signing bonus at all. No idea of performance bonus eligibility for this level or market based salary adjustments, if any. Looks like that there are stock options but that's all paper money unless it is already vested, purchased and the company goes IPO. My friend also mentioned that they missed their IPO last year. Additionally, given this level and a couple of levels above it, it seems that this could be a terminal level. Netskope folks, please provide your inputs. What would be the general range for the west coast at Staff level for the base salary and stock options? Is there a signing bonus and any performance bonuses, market based salary adjustments? How often do they come around? Any IPO possibilities? Any additional thoughts? My TC: ~200K YOE: 10+ #software #swe #netskope #offer #compensation #tc #startup
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i don’t think Netskope provides base upto 200k for only 10 years of experience. I think it is 160k for your level. Also refreshers are peanuts.
Just to clarify, this isn't for me. It's for a friend. They have well over 10 years of experience. Position is Staff SWE. Location is the west coast to be general. What's the base, stock comp etc for that?
200K for a staff is not impossible if you convince your worth.
Thanks for the response. So 200K isn't really given, one has to fight for it even for a Staff level. Wow! This does seem quite low for what the Staff level works demands. I checked other unicorns just to compare and 200K comes average-ish for this level. But what i am gathering here is that one has to fight for that at Netskope. May I please DM you for more direct questions?
‘Fight’ is a stronger word. I didn’t say that. You need to convince your worth
So what was it finally?
What? 200k tc with 10 yoe ? Microsoft?
Irrelevant to the questions i asked. But, yes. And not all years in MS.