Snap vs Walmart
Hi, I have two offers to choose from: Walmart Global Tech is an applied scientist to work on gen AI -> TC: 400 Snap IC role in ML Infra -> TC: 480 Please comment if you have any insights about the sentiment in either one Pros & Cons: Walmart: Hot Area ++ Manager ++ Comp -- Blind Reviews -- Snap: Comp ++ Future -- Manager seems ok but not as good as the Walmart one YOE 7 TC: 350
Choose manager, not company
Very true.
Can’t agree more. Walmart how’s WLB for DS or analytics roles
What level at Walmart?
Wow Snap still giving out 400+ L4 offers? Last yeah I got a L4 SDE offer with 4~5 competing offers ranging from public to smaller companies, but Snap was hard limiting comp to like 350k. Nice job OP!
Lmao fucking hell. New hire L4 getting a 480k offer at this ground level stock price. Meanwhile, the rest of us are up shits creek when our top up ends and our grant goes back to $34 per share. I’d take the Snap offer. It’s a killer offer and a total slap in the face to everyone at the company right now. I’m insanely jealous.
+1 have to be the top performer every quarter to maybe make as much as OP next year fml
Well OP is a prime target for PIP/termination because as a new hire they will likely be placed in the bottom bucket of 5% every quarter. And we know every quarter bottom 5% is potential PIP. So it isn't that easy.
I wouldn’t join, people are miserable here. You’ll wish you gave up that extra 80K to join Walmart (honestly our stock will likely drop even further so actually Walmart is a higher offer)
Why miserable? Join snap, take cash and leave if thing goez wrong. Walmart is always there.
Lol they’re going to work you to the bone, can’t cruise either - quarterly PIP
Walmart for sure. Scale and impact potential are huge. Also you would be working at a company that knows how to make money.
How to make money? They're going to get paid 480 and we're almost at all time lows? Psycho - Snap is a total win here
Walmart. We’re printing money right now. The ai stuff has been in the works for a couple years but is really going to take off now.
Walmart is a safe option and Snap is risky. Choice is yours
Not sure about Snap but Walmart is a place to retire not a place to grow. Walmart fits you if: 1. You are in a career phase that all you want to do is cruise 2. You don't mind the Cooperate Indian culture. (cast, always agree with you manager...) 3. You are OK with salary growth of 1%-2% yoy (unless being promoted)
This depends on area.. Hot areas grow in Walmart and grow fast… true that Tech has Indians and so you wont escape the Indian culture :)
What level at Snap? Seems between L4 and L5, quite strange.
L4
ML has a higher band for both stock and salary, I think this is about the max of the ML band.