Google L4 offer evaluation (Los Angeles)

Got VP approval for SRE L4 in Venice, CA office. Base: $155k Bonus (15%): $23k (will likely be higher based on performance) Initial equity grant: $225k. Equity vesting is heavily front-loaded: 36% first year, then 20%, 20%, 16%. Average TC from initial offer: $234k First year TC: $259k Any room to counter here? Base is very good according to levels.fyi, but equity total seems potentially a little low. It's unclear on levels if the equity numbers are for front-loaded first year, or average. I asked if sign-on bonus is possible, and recruiter said only by moving some equity to sign-on bonus, keeping TC the same. I'm anticipating a written offer from Bloomberg NYC for $257k (cash, no equity), but NYC has much higher COL, so not sure if it would even be helpful in negotiation. TC: $160k (low COL area). YEO: almost 6 #google #bloomberg #losangeles #sre