I am getting into offer negotiations with Stripe for a Sr BD role (L3/L4). The target base range that recruiter had mentioned at the start was 180-250k. However Amazon stock being high my current years TC is shot up so wondering if Stripe will be able to match it. If u take stripe I would have to let go of Nov vest which is ~100k. Will Stripe typically negotiate/match the current TC? Any tips on negotiations? Current TC. -$400k (168k base) L6 with 15 yrs experience
What is BD?
Business Development
Talk to amazonians at stripe, and talk to those that boomeranged back. Many people from amazon hate it at Stripe.
Worked with Stripe folks in my job. You guys got the last 2 weeks of December off and I had oncall the last week of December, so not sure what to make of that.
I’ve worked at both companies. Both are ruthless in practice when it comes to performance expectations, but Stripe is “nicer” and has more perks like actually good, free food and drinks in the office. Stripe is more chaotic than Amazon too.
Is BD a software engineering role? If so, I think Stripe can match. 400k is a pretty low TC here, so if money is your concern and you are good at what you do, there is plenty of opportunity to make more than that. But the risk is that will you like here or not. If you are among the few who can carry the weight in a team, your happiness will be your manager’s top priority. Those who don’t know how to make impact without dominating people in meetings would find it difficult. Lots of Amazonian are in this category.
may I ask for a referral?
Ask for a signing bonus. No guarantee you’ll get it but it’s easier to budget than higher salary or more equity
may I ask for a referral?
You should negotiate for a one time sign in bonus which will compensate your current salary
sales ppl big mad about changes to how their whatever is calculated, id do some backchanneling about that first
may I ask for a referral?
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I would stay at Amazon unless something is pushing you out such as PIP. With the stock increase and how much you’d be giving up, I don’t think Stripe is going to match or beat that offer. Best of luck! TC: 105K
2025 TC will be much lower, so this is a short sighted move. That is unless Amazon somehow reaches 3.6T market cap by Jan. 2025 (very unlikely).
Thanks…no PIP issue…considering since 2025 Amazon TC gonna be much lower