I'm an L3 at Google who's been here for 1.5 years. I was supposed to get promoted this cycle before I got fucked by HR. This led to me interview externally, as I'm tired of waiting for an L4 promo I should've gotten > 6 months ago. Right now, I have an offer from a hot pre-IPO company for about ~300k TC and a promotion (paper money RSUs though), and I have interviews with Pinterest, Dropbox, and Netflix coming up. All of these companies would result in a promotion and TC increase. However, I'm not sure about leaving. Leaving now means I can't return at L4 without interviewing. At the same time, wasting another 6 months for a stamp seems useless. Thoughts? TC: 220k #google
They treated you like this yet you still want to come back. No wonder they don't care.
you're not wrong. Unfortunately, levels at Google stick while ones elsewhere don't, so I feel like I need to not be short-termist
I support leaving your employer when they don't recognize your merits. Go get that TC bump and promo elsewhere.
I think almost everyone is going to have a hard time with promo because good labor is cheap and this is a good time to downsize without serious repercussions. Why would you ever want to return at L4?
Yeah, I guess the only reason to want the option to come back at L4 is as a safety valve, in case things go wrong elsewhere. But that's unlikely, I think
So, if you return to G after 10 years, you will join at L4?
Hopefully not 10 years, haha. But maybe in the next 2? Then again, this is a fairly pointless concern, as if I choose my next job properly, I won't want to leave in 2
It would take a wild TC bump for me to consider leaving behind the comfort of a familiar codebase, that too at senior levels
You take life too seriously! Go switch, take that TC bump and take It from there
You have been at Google only 1.5 years and already you believe you're entitled to promo? You're crushing it on the entitlement! Nice job!
Median L3 to L4 is 1.5 years. Not sure why my case should be any different, given I've gotten an SE last cycle and a Superb (unofficially) this cancelled cycle.
The next perf cycle is just a few months away. You might as well wait until the promo goes through.
Stay and get the promo.
I thought Dropbox had a hiring freeze?
Not anymore, apparently? Idk, I just had phone screen.
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