Through HC and team matching at Google and on to the compensation part. I’ve never negotiated on my compensation before so I’ve been doing a lot of research and the consensus seemed to be let them bring the first offer and don’t give up any number expectations until then. So when my recruiter asked about my expectations (actually her first time asking was once I confirmed the team), I gave the speech about having been focused on interviewing and not having time to think about number. She said that was fine but said that she wanted to warn me that when they don’t give an expectation the number will come in really low and she didn’t want me to be alarmed.
Is that true or is it just another tactic to try to get a number out of you? Also if the number does come in really low, does that limit me to how much I can negotiate? I’ll be remote working and my technical address is in a very low cost of living area, but my recruiter knows I actually travel instead of living there permanently and said she would discuss that with the compensation analyst. My plan is to try to high anchor at 250k TC when she comes back with the initial offer (would actually be happy with 200), but if it comes in really low it might feel weird trying to raise it significantly.
Any negotiation tips are appreciated! Note I don’t have any competing offers because I was recruited to google and was not looking to leave my job. She knows that so I dont think she’ll be expecting other offers, but my company did go through series A recently so I am getting a raise, more equity, and the equity value is rising because of the new valuation. I also was downleveled from L4 to L3 in the in HC, but my startup doesn’t have levels so it’s not like I’m moving down levels from where I’m currently at
YOE: 2.5
TC: hard to calculate at startup, 130k base + equity
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