Offer evaluation (Expedia vs Twilio) - London
Hey,
I’m a new grad and was made an offer from Expedia a while ago. I kept doing interviews with other companies partly for practise and also hoping I’d get a much better offer.
Today Twilio got back to me with an offer (and apparently a strong hiring vote, whatever that means) and I wanted to see what Blind thinks of it compared to my original offer:
Expedia (already signed):
Salary: £51.5k
Relocation bonus: £2k
Other benefits: £800/year
RSU: $40k (2 year cliff, 50/25/25 paid yearly)
Pension: 3% + 6%
*TC = £54.3k (then £66.3k in year 2 due to RSU’s)*
Twilio:
Salary: £41.2k
WFH allowance (one-off): $500
Monthly benefits: £200 (+ £60 while working remotely)
RSU: $72k (1 year cliff, then paid quarterly)
Pension: 4.5% + 7%
*TC = £56.8k*
Holidays are the same (25 days) and both offer a range of benefits in exchange for salary (eg health insurance).
I told Twilio I had another offer, in the hopes they would have some space for negotiation but the recruiter told me that in the interest of fairness there is no negotiation for early careers at all. I queried whether RSU was negotiable even if salary was not, but that was rebuffed too. Is it worth bringing up with the hiring manager as opposed to the recruiter?
I should also mention that Twilio is a frontend role, all React and TypeScript. Whereas Expedia is a rotation (for grads) where I will do the first 6 months of AWS/Kubernetes stuff.
Thanks!
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comments
Regarding the roles, Twilio is probably a better growing company. Rest depends on what you want to do. Both are fairly different roles. Working on Kube and backend stuff will probably open more doors.
2br apartment round where my friends/family live is £1.5-2.5k/month. Depending on condition, specific location etc