Chime vs Confluent vs Google vs Meta vs Square (New Grad)
Format: Base / Equity over 4 yrs. Excluding Sign on
Background: Undergrad with 5+ previous internships
Highly value: Culture, WLB, Growth/Upside. Benefits is a nice plus
Chime (remote): 140k/160k at Current Valuation
Bonus: 10%
Team: Financial Platform
+ Pre-IPO (barely)
+ really great reviews
+ great base
- heard promos are murky
- post IPO success is unknown
- barely any criticism (kool-aid) ?
Reoccurring: 194k/yr
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Confluent (remote): 135k/140k
Bonus: 5%
Team: Kafka
+ good reviews
+ great talent from what ive seen
- varying WLB
? is there room to grow/upside for stock
Reoccurring: 177k/yr
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Google (Cambridge, MA): 127k/100k
Bonus: 15%
Team: N/A still in PA match
+ Earth's Best Employer (or close)
+ Overall great WLB
+ stable stock
- lowballing lately
- No remote option
? how is promo process
Reoccurring: 171k/yr
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Meta (remote): 118k/150k
Bonus: 10%
Team: N/A until after Bootcamp
+ At the top for comp
+ great benefits
- overall bad WLB from what Ive heard
- bad press
Reoccurring: 167k/yr
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Square (remote): 94k/130k
Team: Seller
+ Great WLB
+ Always was on top of my list of companies to join
- T2 city, but still a big lowball. T1 city would've been 120k/170k/10k :(
- stock has been dipping
Reoccurring: 126.5k/yr
Explaining your rationale, or two cents, is appreciated :)
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for Meta, I've heard that infra teams have it rough relative to others, but Meta people would of course know better and can comment.
Anyone telling you about Facebook 's bad press regarding job search shouldn't be taken seriously.