This is mostly a vent but I welcome any kind advice. This isn't how I wanted to end my year. I started interviewing with Google in the summer. It was a lengthy process involving months of talking with many hiring managers over VC, doing an on-site, doing more chats over VC, being invited back for lunch with the whole team and a tour of the office. I passed HC, negotiated comp, and comp was approved. I finally got an offer a few weeks ago. The offer was verbal and I was sent an official looking email with the same numbers and a link to a portal that had a summary of benefits. I told the recruiter I was ready to sign but they stopped responding to my emails for a few weeks until the other day, when I was told they can no longer extend a formal offer due to headcount issues. I invested so much time, got so excited, and now I have nothing to show for it. I worry about how it might affect my current job given how much time I had to step away for these calls and meetings. It just sucks. In the long run it's probably for the best because the TC ($210K non-eng) was on par with my current TC and I would have taken a downgrade in terms of the amount of PTO compared to my current situation. But, I know WLB is better at Google and that would have been damn nice right now, and I was pretty proud of making it to the offer stage. To everyone else interviewing, I hope your dreams come true this holiday season.
Sorry to hear this. Dig deep and don't let some company decide what you're worth.
Thanks. I'm hoping the holiday break with family will be a good distraction so I can start the new year with some optimism!
You will be good. Offer is valid for 1 year and will definitely find another team. It's quite some overhead for Google to spend time and resource doing many other interview to get a valuable resource like you. They will come back. Spend time with family, the best thing ever to do. Be optimistic 👍
Isn’t the offer valid for one year without interviews? Maybe they’ll call you back next year in Jan or Feb when they get new headcount.
Maybe directly contact other recruiters and hiring managers or get referred by someone? You already passed the interviews so the most difficult part is done
Good idea. I have many ex-FB colleagues there now who provided references for me but I will ask if they have any direct connections with hiring managers with open headcount for my role.
Yup and another idea is to look for Job postings for your role at Google and send recruiters to match you for these roles
The amount of hoops you need to go through and some amount of luck needed to get into Google is ridiculous. But it is worth it if you are able to get through somehow... So unfortunate for this kinda situations...
Sorry man. Look on the bright side at least you still got a solid job for the time being. They might call you in the near future once there's room for new hires.
It was not rescinded. You did not really get it formally. I hope it is really due to headcounts and not some bad reference about you suddenly came up. If it was a headcount then whatever others said: very high chance you will hear from them in the near future. Doesn't hurt to ask about it your recruiter either.
I’m in the same boat as you. Started interviews in the summer for a non-eng position, and in October I was in the middle of compensation negotiations, when the recruiter informed me that there was a headcount freeze, and that she expected it to be lifted in January. I’m surprised your recruiter didn’t tell you that specifically.
Why do you wanna join google seriously. I just came from there to fb. My m1 package at fb is better than most L7 offers at google. Work more, promote faster and play harder. I should run a tv ad for FB with that line 😂
Sorry to hear that, I hope things work out.
You clearly were approved for hire. You could suddenly hear from them at a later date. That’s happened to me at two different employers!
Fingers crossed. I didn't realize this could be an option.
Agreed, the one time this happened to me they reached back out 6 months later ready to hire without any further interviews