I need to pick one of these offers: Meta E5: average 497k/year without refresher and 561k/year with 170k refresher (seems to be the new E5 target) (bay area) Snap L5: 547k/year, no refresher (Seattle and bay area the same) Uber L5a: average 483k/year without refresher and 538k/year assuming 140k refresher (seattle and bay area the same) Front loaded: 592/542/422/377k (35/30/20/15%) Meta: Pros: profitable, more stable, Cons: 4-year cliff can happen, less compensation for Seattle (if I decide to relocate there) Snap: Pros: compensation is higher and there’s no cliff Cons: L5 at Snap seems having higher expectation than L5a and E5, harder path to promotion Uber: Pros: like the team, better wlb? Cons: slightly less compensation, can have 4/year cliff Wlb is one element that’s a bit mystery to me but I prefer growth over wlb anyway. The other factors I’m considering are: 1. Stock of all these companies have dropped so much but which one has more upside or is a safer bet? 2. Promotion path seems easier at Meta and Uber, is that correct? 3. I am more interested in companies that reward hard working employees. I appreciate if you leave a comment and explain why you would choose one offer over the others. YOE: 7
Which team in Uber?
Uber is an obvious out to me unless you loved the team / manager or something
Why?
Hi do you mind sharing the Uber breakdown? They’re frontloaded what’s the first and second year numbers?
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I would take the Uber one and leave after 2 years
Does meta includes signon? Can you share breakdown? Is it SWE or ML/AI?
This is SWE and they do have sign on. I think for ML, the numbers can go a bit higher
Also OP, just a recommendation, in the future you shouldn’t tag companies when posting an offer comparison. Tagging individual companies will surface your post to those members specifically (through alerts / post sorting) which will heavily bias your results (likely towards the company with the most employees)
Noted, thanks
Regardless, you’re going to have frequency bias because certain companies have more employees by definition.
Can you share your breakdown of Mera offer?
What’s the total equity in your Uber offer?
900
Monster offers, congrats! I'd probably prioritize job security right now, so meta > snap > Uber
Thanks, I’m leaning toward meta too
I just accepted L4 snap offer, but worried about stock volatility. I think it has a higher downside, but possibly higher upside comparing to Meta. If I were you, I would easily choose Meta. On the other hand, not sure about this but I heard Snap L5>Meta or Google L5. If it is the case maybe it would be easier to get L6 from one of the other companies in a year two? I wouldnt consider Uber at all.
Why not Uber?
That's my impression as well that Snap L5 is some where between E5/L5a and E6/L5b. This can make the promotion a bit more difficult at Snap but I need someone from Snap to comment on this.
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