Hi blind! Want to get advice on which offer I should take. I got an offer a fulltime offer at Uber as part of the acquisition of Postmates, but also have an offer from Thumbtack. Financially Thumbtacks offer makes more sense but I wonder if Uber’s name carries more weight in the long term for career opportunities. Both are the same title. Title: Senior Product Designer YOE: 5 Uber: Base: $135K RSUs: $20K/yearly Thumbtack: Base: $160K RSUs: $17K/yearly Sign on: $15K Thumbtack potentially will IPO this year. Which makes more sense. I can’t negotiate Uber’s offer, we’re not allowed as part of the acquisition. Another option is I stay at Uber and keep looking for other opportunities. ⬇️ Also if you have no idea what/who Thumbtack is please comment. Curious if ppl don’t know them so they don’t have strong brand value #Design #tech #offer #career
What’s the reason you can’t negotiate exactly?
Part of the Uber/Postmates acquisition says we will get the exact same offer as what we have at Postmates. We are not allowed to negotiate because we are just moving companies but our job is the same
Got it, I imagine Disney will do the same to Hulu employees since we got acquired and are merging. Our leadership mentioned they’ll be doing some sort of leveling exercise soon since titles and comp are different between the two places. Is that how your offers came about? Also is the point of giving you this “offer” so that if you want to leave you can use it to negotiate?