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Hi, I'm a new master grad from a top 10 school (+1 YOE before masters) and accepted a Google offer but I then realized that they low balled me hard with a TC of ~130 (SWE L3 bay area). I didn't know about blind back then. My mistake is not to interview at multiple places at the same time, started with them early and ended up there. Didn't expect this savagery though. Now I'm pissed off and I'm thinking of looking for other opportunities and at this point I'm willing to take even a lower TC where at least I feel a bit valued rather a spare part. Am I crazy? and BTW, will google blacklist me? Edit: Thanks everyone for their feedback, I decided to continue with Google for the time being. However, I'm still conflicted whether it worth to focus on getting promotion and pay raise at Google or is it a lost case and I should focus on interviewing somewhere else instead!
I’d recommend just staying there for a year for experience then jumping afterwards! Get some more industry experience and aim for Sde2 at a diff company in a year. Larger TC. But just my thoughts
I started at 60 in a high CoL area and was just fine, suck it up. Google is one of the best places to start a career and millions of people would kill to be in your position. You haven’t done anything yet to deserve a 130 TC let alone more. 10 years from now you’re not going to care what your TC was at your first job out of school, it’s all about the opportunity. Start looking through a 5, 15, 30 year lens and learn to manage your career.
“Now I'm pissed off and I'm thinking of looking for other opportunities and at this point I'm willing to take even a lower TC where at least I feel a bit valued rather a spare part.” Think rationally. Your whole issue with google is a “low ball offer”. Now you are willing to leave Google for even lower comp?
maybe it's the feeling of mistreatment.
TC depends on your performance during interview. How did you perform?
What’s a “top 10 school”?
i don't want to be specific, but one of cali top state schools.
UC Berkeley? If not, others aren’t top 10.
G claims to be paying market rate, and market rate for fresher is way higher than 130k tc. Just use time to learn as much as you can rather than focusing on getting stuff done for promo etc. G has way of lowballing people in general because they can.
you mean i should focus on interviewing over working for promo?
Not interviews directly, learning more broadly. Google is great place to develop system design skills. Go read tons of design docs. Will help you leapfrog in a couple of years, since as you grow to next level those skills will help you lot more than raw coding.
Just a thought, the after tax diff isn’t that big actually. And you can ask for raise in quarterly review, if your performance shows it’s clearly low balled.
Do it and you will burn your bridge with Google
stay for a year, and keep interviewing. Then make a decision based on the offers and how you like Google then
Be patient. You will be making $200k+ at other places or Google within a couple years if you stay in the Bay
Tech or non tech? Which city? If tech in SF just work there for a year and then jump for higher TC
see edit.
What role?