Google L7 pay bump?
Can any googler shed some light on how much your pay (TC) goes up when getting promoted from L6 to L7? (Think about a post cliff SWE or EM) TC 450k Yoe 15 #google
If you are l6 em, I’m surprised you don’t know answers. If you will join google as l6, I’d hold your expectations on fast promo to 7.
Why? Any resources I should be looking at internally . Thanks. I am already at Google. On track for an L7 promo in September. Joined in 2021 (second half).
That 140 stock is the front loaded 33% ?
You’re going to feel that salary cliff. Are you like Principal level IC?
What’s your role, tech (EM, IC) or non-tech (where)?
Howd you get to promo so quickly? Any advice?
Please see response below.
Advice on such quick promo ?
Will respond later in the day
Nothing to share in particular. 1. I became technically very strong from day one. This paid dividends later on. 2. Luck factor. Two others long tenured team members had started L7 scoped initiatives and left right around the time I joined. I got them on my plate. They did all the leg work (proposing idea, getting it funded). I took over from the hiring part and hiring was going full steam right at that time in late 21. So while I joined to manage a team of 12, it more than doubled in the first 6 months on the role. 3. Scale by developing your people. Given the rapid growth, I was able get the low hanging fruit of getting existing staff to start managing. So I had two L6 managers out of thin air and hired one from outside. 4. Be ruthless about priorities. Folks on the team were presenting projects under the garb of “Eng excellence” / test enhancement etc. nothing wrong with it, but I ruthlessly deprioritized towards revenue impact while place these on the backlog. 5. Major community contribution. (Think April 2022). I was closely involved with the rollout of something company wide and also participated in a postmortem associated with it. So mostly luck and some being prepared for the role. The two who left, one leveled up at a FAANG type company. The moved out to a different PA to chase personal interests.
Great job advancing! Share tips!
Not to count my chickens before they hatch but it’s on the horizon.
Pls see response above
What's the breakdown of your TC? Can advise but need more detail
250/60/140
L6?