Hello friendly folks of blind!, My gf is a ux designer, fresh out of grad school and has two offers to choose from . 1) HCL (outsourcy company), ux lead (lead designer with no experience? Strange) 86k in Seattle. 2) Relatively unknown startupy company(free lunch, friendly folks, good reviews , the works), ux designer , 80k in Seattle. She is on her Visa, and hence I am inclined towards a more stable/well known company like hcl. But I don't like Indian outsourcing companies a lot.(plus an h1b for a ux lead with no experience looks shady af) What would you guys choose/advise?
I’d advise her asking for herself
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Startup over HCL every time.
HCL is a horrible, horrible place to work. I would pick option 2 even if the offer was half the amount.
Better start career with a stable company who would help resolve any H1B issues rather than a startup.
Better to risk early in career than later
I'd choose startup. Most startups are unknown anyways. From the pay and benefits sounds like a stable startup.
Thanks a ton you guys 😁
A lot of these contracting companies inflate titles just to get their employees hired, which makes the contracting company more money. Prolly not worth all the hassle for the pay difference and if anything, she could prepare to job hop while she’s working
This. Always set yourself up for the next gig.
Startup