Flexport vs Google

Oct 31, 2020 56 Comments

Hi Community
Got two offers and looking for some guidance.
Format- Base/Stocks/Bonus

Flexport: Sr. SDE - 183k/115k/10% - 200k( 315K if you count the paper money)

Google: L4 - 162K/90K/16k -270K

I am considering following things:
1. Flexport level is similar to L5/E5 so the work and responsibility is a lot more. Might be a good learning experience where as growth at Google might be slow.

2. As far as I can tell, Flexport fundamentals look good and the equity might be worth a lot more in future. But that means I take approximately a 70K cut right now since I cannot sell the paper money currently.

3. Flexport looks 3-5 years from IPO. The time frame is fine and I don't necessarily need the extra 70K right now so I am okay waiting but want to make a informed decision.
I know blind is highly favourable to Public companies vs PRE-IPO but I am still hoping to hear from people who might have made such choices.
#Pre-IPO #tech #offers

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  • Uber
    urrA21

    Go to company page Uber

    urrA21
    What kind of work do you want to do? I worked at flexport for a while, and really depends on what "interesting problem" you think they solve.

    They do a great job of marketing themselves as a tech company, but it's really a tech-enabled operations company. You don't have the same scalability problems most other tech companies have, and the main tech component is really a large internal tools app for their operations people. Look into its business model and see if that appeals to you, if you haven't already. Do take that into consideration and make sure you're not idealizing how they're "changing" the operations world.
    Oct 31, 2020 5
  • Google / Eng
    imgoogler

    Go to company page Google Eng

     imgoogler
    Feels like you've already made up your mind about going to Flexport.
    Oct 31, 2020 5
    • Google / Eng
      imgoogler

      Go to company page Google Eng

       imgoogler
      You could ask people to write in the comments why they think one is better than the other. I think those inputs would be much more valuable to you than the poll.
      Oct 31, 2020
    • Usually people say don’t choose the startup because they’re semi-unknown and the equity is actually basically paper. Flexport is an exception, large unicorn that will actually ipo in the coming years. Probably one of the best bets out there rn for private companies, I say with the up level you should go for it, it will be exciting to contribute to something that’s rapidly expanding.
      Oct 31, 2020
  • Google
    pilot22

    Go to company page Google

    pilot22
    I would go to flexport. Working on interesting problems is so much more valuable than the google brand. Go to Google and you will be pushing protos around at a snail's pace and fighting over promo. At flexport you will be busy solving valuable problems, with a little more firefighting.
    Oct 31, 2020 3
    • Google
      pilot22

      Go to company page Google

      pilot22
      Cloud is a sh*t-hole. They haven't figured out how to take Google's bottom up culture and adapt it to a deadline driven enterprise culture. All the leadership is new and want to be the first person to successfully implement metrics that track how hard googlers are working.
      Oct 31, 2020
    • Salesforce / Eng
      nooglr2020

      Go to company page Salesforce Eng

       nooglr2020
      "They haven't figured out"

      Looks at earnings call 😂

      Cloud is new org and it's not perfect but I love my work there. Perfect balance of work and culture IMO
      Oct 31, 2020
  • Salesforce / Eng
    nooglr2020

    Go to company page Salesforce Eng

     nooglr2020
    Google all the way.

    Even though it's a TC downgrade (atleast the base), the upside of having Google on your resume overweighs the TC I feel.

    Having Google on resume opens up a lot more opportunities which is way more worth than TC difference in long run and you'll learn industry best practices and work with smartest peers outweighs any other factors for me.
    Oct 31, 2020 3
    • Salesforce / Eng
      nooglr2020

      Go to company page Salesforce Eng

       nooglr2020
      "But yeah, getting interview calls isn't a concern. I have Amazon on my resume"

      This is not what I was referring to. Amazon literally interviews everyone on the universe.

      What I meant was you get invited to few special clubs and make some unique connections that you could leverage in your future move. Having Google on your resume will give you calls for N+1 level since you have already proven to be a rare talent by getting into Google. The perception is really a thing.

      "In terms of smartest peers, most employees are ex-google"

      Why would you want to work with ex-google but when you can work with them directly 🤷‍♂️

      Not to mention, you'll learn good engineering practices at G that's highly regarded at the industry.

      Anyways, I see this as no brainier but it's your call and I respect that
      Nov 3, 2020
    • New
      wXIs75

      New

      wXIs75
      If you get google on your resume, you could work anyways next, like a pre-IPO hypergrowth company! Wait a minute...
      Nov 9, 2020
  • Flexport
    theWhistle

    Go to company page Flexport

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     theWhistle
    Flexport is a joke
    Nov 2, 2020 1