After swearing to myself I’d never go back to startups, an opportunity has come up to go remote with a small company. Currently, I’m RTO 2-3 days a week, which is hard with small children. I’m struggling to make a decision here so looking for advice… I know I can hit the same TC being offered in 3-4 years with my current company but the startup opportunity would be a step up in terms of responsibility which would accelerate my career growth overall. Here are the pros and cons overall as I see them: Expedia Pros: 3 months new parent leave, guaranteed career growth (so long as I do my job well, which isn’t too hard at Expedia tbh), stable company, nice travel perks, and I’m on a great team working on things I find interesting. Expedia cons: in office 2-3 days a week, slower career growth. Startup Pros: remote, career step up, fair amount of more money, and possible big payday* Startup cons: uncertainty of company future, stressful at times when resources are constantly constrained, no new parent leave, and a risk of new team members being crappy. *the startup offer does have stock options but to me it’s meaningless until they get acquired or potentially IPO. Last note is, I have one other large company that is very likely to extend an offer in the coming months (old contact of my mine) that is also fully remote and money will be same or slightly higher than Expedia. #
Startup wfh = more time with the kids and you get paid more too. Get some feathers in your cap too. That Expedia equity can’t even buy a Honda civic.
Yeah I also think blind does the equity part sort of funny. Total RSUs is about 52k worth vesting over next 3-4 years
Yeah that’s always a little confusing. Still doesn’t feel like anything life changing/worth schlepping in 3x a week for.
Why not just take your time, stay at Expedia, prepare and get a better job? Startups aren’t known for being the paragons of stability, especially in the current environment.
Yeah very true, I agree. I do have an advantage that I wasn’t even looking for a job and therefore am happy where I am at.
Startups are a great place to learn and build skills though.
Insurance is also something to think about as a parent
Yes definitely… I do have separate life insurance policies outside of work for this reason.
Health insurance
No equity no startup, it's fine it's paper money but it should have. Otherwise just for learning to join a startup i wouldn't suggest
Yeah they are giving me paper money of about 200k worth of stock options but no market to sell it in obviously.
Is that consistent with the last round of funding because if not run.
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Most imp where is the better manager in startup or expedia.
Ooo that’s a tough question, at Expedia my manager is very hands off and I have significant autonomy. At the startup it would be similar as far as autonomy but I do think my new manager would challenge me more.
As someone who made this (bad) decision a few years ago, I would say don't do it. I regret this decision every day. I moved for a little extra (paper) money, and it's so not worth it. Startups are too resource constrained and unstable. Stripe is not even a startup at this point, it's just a smaller company.
You regret being at Stripe?
This is a result of too many founders getting greedy. Too many founders, once they have some success, become greedy and think they might be the next Mark/Elon/Bezos/Gates, etc.. rather than just tanking their 10-50M and retiring early while also helping out all the employees. If you are at a startup and after 3 years you don't see an end in sight, it's time to leave.
Find better things, sis. Like go work for Apple or something
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Wait, what? It's the opposite. Humans are risk averse, if you're confused it means ~50/50, so once you make the switch you will feel good.
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