Negotiation Tactics with G

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Sep 30, 2021 12 Comments

For those who have successfully negotiated offer with G, what tactics did you use, and which ones are most effective?

currently have an L4 offer 255k in hand, including sign on. Expecting another offer incoming from a smaller company (one of Square/ Uber/ Lyft)

How did you play your cards in your situation which made it work?

How shall I play my card?

TC: I am leaving 200k on the table if I donโ€™t get this right, due to Oracleโ€™s annual vesting schedule. I am not staying due to shits happening (you all heard of by this point)

Yoe: more than 3, less than 8

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  • Uber
    >โ€”โ€”<

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    >โ€”โ€”<
    The best tactic is to get the offer from Square/Uber/Lyft and accept that. G canโ€™t match
    You may get L5 equivalent if you have 5 yoe and then we are talking about 200k gap in first year TC, what tactic you think will work?
    Sep 30, 2021 1
    • Oracle
      lsnzzjsn

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      lsnzzjsn
      OP
      The other offer is equivalent to L4

      Also I am the kind of person that will die if I donโ€™t write distributed systems code

      And the other company, though likely offering much higher numbers, isnโ€™t writing paxos which I need to intake on daily basis to stay sane
      Sep 30, 2021
  • Uber
    eltaxi ๐Ÿš•

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    eltaxi ๐Ÿš•
    Least effective < tactics used < most effective
    Sep 30, 2021 1
  • Uber
    Vfksjrsj

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    Vfksjrsj
    What's paxos? Is it a new drink?
    Sep 30, 2021 5
  • Google
    zhAv51

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    zhAv51
    What's happening at Oracle? Are you trying to follow TK to G
    Sep 30, 2021 1
    • Oracle
      lsnzzjsn

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      lsnzzjsn
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      I am joining non GCP org
      distributed systems

      which made it a must that I need to work for G

      other offers arenโ€™t really writing paxos

      as for shits happening at Oracle, if you are on Blind youโ€™ve already heard plenty. Those are kinda true.

      TK just threw some ridiculous jobs at me during team matching. I can NEVER forget what he did. Those arenโ€™t SWE jobs but he gave them a SWE title, and expect me to do @&$/ work. I said no and went with another nicer team.

      Yes whatever you are complaining about GCP seems true, at least from my team matching experience. I canโ€™t believe they actually did something like that. Such insulting to Googleโ€™s reputation tbh
      Sep 30, 2021