Is it worth jumping ship for better TC? Boston area 12 yoe

Tc is roughly 170k base 15% bonus and 50k stock. About 250k. Hard to predict stock at Akamai since refreshers are on a 3 year cycle instead of 4 (equity curve more loaded toward the shorter term) and refreshers can wildly swing up and down year to year. My refreshers have averaged 40k but I have received as low as 20k and as high as 70k. Next 2 years I’ve got 50k locked in to vest for each year but if they stop refreshing me it’ll fall off a cliff. I don’t trust the RSU to keep coming in at this rate even though I’ve been refreshed 100% of the time. Would be nice to get an offer with a fat equity package to lock in the RSU for longer. Is it worth jumping ship in the Boston area to get more loot or should I drop anchor and ride it out some more here? What should I be shooting for for TC in the Boston area? What is the current top of market for cash compensation and TC? Due to the unpredictable nature of RSU I really want to max out the base salary at my next jump.

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Instacart instattack Jun 28, 2019

There’s no harm in interviewing around and see what you get. Decide after you get some offers.

Amazon ucifgkj Jun 28, 2019

^ this.

IBM ωατ Jun 28, 2019

Come back here after u have offers at hand.

Amazon Areyousure Jun 28, 2019

SDE?

Akamai Technologies hpBF22 OP Jun 29, 2019

Of course

Amazon Areyousure Jun 29, 2019

I would jump for most cases :)

Facebook kkams37 Jun 28, 2019

Try for FB or Google there. You can get 50% jump

eBay ebabe Jun 28, 2019

Interview around as others have said but also, don’t forget happiness because 10% more money doesn’t make you that much happier. If you make 200k tc and you get 10% more but you aren’t happy, will that say 10k additional after taxes be worth it?