Mechanical Design Engineer TC Offer: 103k yoe 4 + masters 93k sal, 10k signing, 4,900 shares #magicleap I'm living in Sunnyvale, CA, the position is to relocate to Plantation, FL Current TC: 125k Thoughts? Negotiate to...? Pass?
Magic leap ??? How is it doing now
Don't ever go to Florida. Your career will die soon. Also I don't know about Magic L. They promised a lot of stuff but so far haven't delivered.
The shares mean nothing
I work right next door to them, i think 100k is low, they've poached a few motorolans for 130k+
Biggest perk is that Florida does not have state income tax, so this offer is only about $12k lower for take home. However, Plantation, FL... Not the greatest place, but a decent middle class suburb in South Florida. About 20-30 mins to Ft Lauderdale and the beach and about 1 hr from Miami (there is usually traffic).
I also have an offer in Sunnyvale (I have...more experience) with ML. You could see about not re-locating and see if they will bump your offer to SFB level. I'm still pondering, as the outside news is a little iffy, but everyone inside was fairly positive. I also don't have much experience with the AR space, so I can't say how good they are vs the competition from personal experience.
If you’re willing to pass, then definitely consider negotiating. Hint: Magic Leap has matched Bay Area TC for people relocating to FL in the past.
Same TC as Bay Area, but obviously advantageous because of state taxes and lower cost of living in FL.
All thanks for the advice. Ended up declining. Weird to do cause I love to work on AR but not the right offer for me at this time. Best of luck Magic Leap, we will keep in touch 😘
Can you tell us the final offer? After all this is Blind.
Didn't negotiate, I'm in it for the experience not the money.
Anyone here end up taking offer from ML? I also have offer and thinking to move FL, how is the company doing?
I think it is risky at this point - see if you could work remotely
How is company doing in general? I heard the rumours online that is might be on sale? Remote option is not available for my role it seems.
Magic Leap looks like they are really struggling. Highly risky move for lower TC. Doesn't seem like a good call.
TC is not lower. It is likely a 25% bump considering cost of living differences between Sunnyvale and Plantation.
Yea, moving out of the Bay to a random place in Florida seems like a bad long term call. But if your single and don't mind moving back, why not?