My L7 hiring packet was downleved to L6 by the HC. Team matching was already done and i had support for L7 from the hiring mgr and the Director. I am told there was signal for L7, but not enough signal (50-50 i believe). Folks who have taken such offers (shot for L7, accepted L6), any regrets ? Should i just try again later or join and try for a promotion (assuming the comp numbers work out)? I enjoy breadth and depth in my work (leading a whole product kinda stuff), am worried that my scope might shrink as an L6. I do have some good competing opportunities, but i like the team at google and i feel that they need my skillset, so i can add value from day-1. 17 yrs/620k TC #google #career
6 to 7 promo gonna take years at google, if you are happy with the comp at 6 then I dont see reasons why not just take it.
IC, not a mgr. But have about 8yrs of tech leadership exp. Have run 2 yr long projects with 15 member teams.
IC and manager tracks have the same comp band for a given level
That’s sounded like L6. My director is L7 and his team has 80 ppl.
I don't follow. Your director is an IC L7 at google ?
Isn’t director at L8? L7/M2 is sr manager
I was in same boat, took the downlevel. I am on fast track to promo, but fast-track from 6->7 is 2 years if you’re lucky. There are stats published on promo rate and 0% get 6->7 within 1 year and 7% get it within 2 years (of the people that ever get promoted). It’s really hard to get hired at L7 though so good chance even if you try again you won’t get it, at this stage the down leveling is super aggressive.
Did you get some sort of assurances from you mgmt chain about the fast track before you accepted the L6 offer ? Does it matter that there are other L6 folks in the team who are possibly trying to get to L7 as well (i mean some sort of quota system for promotions ?)
Any assurances won't matter..promotion committee is not going to be your hiring manager nor your recruiter. Only 7% go L6-L7 within 2 years..take it for what it's worth but you're probably looking at 18 months minimum and 2-4 years before realistically being able to move up.
L7 promo is a pain
L6 is principal, L7 is senior principal?
L6 = Staff, L7 = Senior staff, L8 = Principal
@google Is L9 distinguished ? We just restructured roles at Airbnb . Follows the same as what you mentioned L5 senior L6 staff L7 senior staff L8 principal L9 distinguished
You posted earlier you got an offer from FB as well? What was the level at FB? Also how much was the offer? How does it compare to offer from Google?
Take it and jump to one of the others in 2 years if u don’t get it there
Never seen a L7 Google candidate on Blind. Good luck 👍
I would wait 6 months. L7 is hard to get once you are there. There are google lifers waiting to get in
Is 6 months the shortest time one would need to wait before they reapply for the same level, if they have declined an offer ?