Move from Micron to Samsung

Is the move from Micron, Boise to Samsung, San Jose worth it. Moving from NAND to DRAM. Any recommendations on negotiations?

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Current
TC: $125K
Staff Engineer
San Jose, CA, US • na
TC: $210K
$175K
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Equity
$35K
Bonus
$75K
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Meta nassan Mar 9

Samsung has frequent layoffs

Micron B-Bravo OP Mar 9

Is this across entire company or specific units? My team is pretty much new so wondering if any would occur factoring chips act and the semi boom beginning to ramp

Samsung lfD41j Mar 10

No. The layoffs we had were extremely small.

Motional smokeytop Mar 9

A raise like that may seem appealing but just remember that with the cost of living difference between Boise and San Jose, you are going from a big fish in a small pond to a shrimp in the ocean.

Micron B-Bravo OP Mar 9

Hahaha very very true, trying to figure out how to negotiate and make offer more attractive

Cisco sancisco Mar 9

Yoe?

Micron B-Bravo OP Mar 9

Approximately 3

Micron forgeahead Mar 9

Whoa, your TC at Micron is 125K and you only have 3 yoe? Do you have a PhD?

Amazon flacidTC Mar 9

Staff base can go up to 236k. Push!

Amazon pipulus Mar 9

Man hardware really does pay SHIT ASS🤡🤡🤡

Micron B-Bravo OP Mar 9

Samsung Semiconductor 😁

Motional smokeytop Mar 9

Remember that average US salary is $53k, and there are guys destroying their bodies every day in roofing and construction and other such jobs for less than that. So we should have some perspective about how bloated tech salaries are across the board.

Western Digital krishm102 Mar 9

Which team in Samsung?

Microsoft zcadvf Mar 10

Your micron pay is much much higher than samsung. You need atleast 2.5x so >300K

ex-Striim LifeIsF*kd Mar 10

Stay away from Samsung and save your mental health

Amazon Gmop12 Mar 10

Unless you love Boise and quiet/nature, you should enjoy San Jose much better imo. And the proximity to opportunity in Silicon Valley is unmatched.

Samsung KimJongUn. Mar 10

Toxic culture, stay away