Role: Reality Labs HW TPM- Meta, Operations Program Manager- Google Pixel Google Base- $175k RSU-$385k/4 (33,33,22,12) SignOn- $50k Target bonus- 15% TC- $300, 300k, 286k, 246k (Bonus from year 3,4 only) Level: L4 Meta Base- $180k RSU- $375/4 Sign on- $25k Target Bonus- 15% TC- $305k Level- E5 Current TC: $325k, ICT4, 7 YoE Yes, recently got the Apple retention RSU grant. Location: Bay area
What’s your TC without recent grant ?
300k
None of them worth to move. I am surprised my pay is on par with faang. I am even not in bay.
This is a non-SWE data point
Yah. Faang also has higher comp for hwe than traditional semi companies as well.
Nothing to evaluate. If you want to stay long term at Google, being at $250K in four years with variable bonus is abysmal. Meta team sounds interesting, but TC isn't there.
You should bargain more or stay back
Google lowballed as expected. But they budged a bit regarding SignOn bonus. That doesn’t matter as the TC is still low
300k is low-ball for a PgM??
Yoe at Apple? Did you get promotion from ict3 to ict4?
4 yrs at Apple. Yes promoted 2yrs ago
One thing worth considering outside of pure comp is what product area that has the most interesting work and/or upside. I'd argue that working on Pixel < Meta Reality Labs considering the latter will likely be a key component of Zuck's pivot to metaverse. Very few people in the world care about Pixel, unless you are a Google employee who's in awe of "magical camera quality"...
Yeah you bring up a good point. TBH- I don’t see a good future for either of the HW products. Google HW sucks (sorry). I studied pixel phone for a year to understand certain technologies and found that the phones are no where in comparison to iPhones quality. One might say, you get your money’s worth etc etc.. but getting used to premium feel phones I don’t think anyone would ever choose a pixel. Meta HW is currently at a very crucial point but I don’t see a good future for it either. This might be like 3yrs down the lane.
No need to be sorry. We all know G hardware is inferior. Best of luck on your decision!
Google is shit. Any reason why leave apple?
Not leaving. Just wanted to test the waters since I got bored of current role at Apple.
Retention grant doing its job. Fb or G will have to offer more if they really want to poach. How much did you get?
100k