Google L4 lowball or normal?
Interviews went really well. Team sounds very exciting. YoE: 2.5 Google Mountain View L4 offer: Base: 153k Bonus: 15% = 23k Stocks: 210k (250k after negotiation) Sign-on: 50k TC (including sign-on / 4): 240k (250k after negotiation) Have an Amazon Seattle offer with TC: 230k (Don't really like the team) Don't have any other competing offers. Current Microsoft TC (L61, soon to be L62): 200k Feels like the move to the bay area isn't worth it with that comp. Can I push the the recruiter to get it increased without any other leverage? I'm wondering if I should just stay at Microsoft - I like the company, just need to change teams. EDIT: Accepted Google at 250k. Base is pretty good and refreshers are independent of initial stock grant so doesn't matter over the long run. Tip for others: Get a lot of competing offers, can't be overstated.
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Google gave 350k worth RSUs + 100k joining bonus + 165k base to my friend who had similar numbers from Facebook
What was your yoe?
I think that kind of bs only runs cause people from Google don’t want to discuss salaries on Blind - they see the sheets and they know that the offer you just post is L5
Dude this offer is awesome for 2.5 yoe!
Tough call due to Bay area move. But L4 for 2 yoe is quite nice
Yeah, I'm wondering if I should ask for a team in Seattle. Or maybe stay in the bay area for a couple of years, then consider moving back to Seattle.
That's my plan too although I got hired as an L3
For Google how many questions per interview? (2 or 1) And where they all LC hard?
Lol. My cousins L3 offer was more. 2 yoe. Sde2 at Amazon. 200k TC. No competing offers. 250 TC at G. Are you sure it's L4? Those look like high L3 numbers.
That’s a really good offer for 2 yoe. SWE?
Yes
What product area?
Stocks could be higher. I know L3s with competing offers who were offered 275K stocks.
Damn. How are the ranges so wide within each level? Whenever I feel good about my offer I see crazy numbers at and below my level
Yeah the band is crazy wide. And the HRs blatantly lie about everyone being offered similar equity. To be fair though, these people were from a pretty good grad school (Carnegie Mellon) and had strong competing offers. Best L3 offer *overall* I saw was 140K base, 60K sign on and 255K stocks. Highest L3 stock I know was 275K with 0 yoe, but a very strong competing AS offer from Amazon.
Pretty solid for 2 yoe
What! This is blind. At least $500k for 24 months experience