Do folks on blind include bonus when they mention TC? For eg: Google L4 has 15% bonus. Do you apply that % to base and add it to TC?
Yes of course.
Yup. "Total" Compensation. Includes everything.
How do you calculate signing bonus. Divide by 4?
Signing bonus only counts the year you get it. So your TC is different in year 1 vs year 2
My base salary makes up less than 50% of my TC, so if I told you just that it might look pathetic.
The biggest thing that you need to include is that an L4 can expect $60-100k in extra stock/year as well. (At Microsoft, the equivalent is like $20k of stock)
You mean refreshers? How much can an L3 expect?
Are refreshers also included in TCs mentioned on blind?
yes