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Hi all, 20 yoe, 140k tc (unless i get my bonus, read below). I am currently working for a startup as the only technical person. The company is in manufacuring and is family owned and funded. I built from scratch a microservice arch with 7 services and 4 different Angular frontends. It's all hosted with GCP using kubernetes. I built the CI/CD from scratch including automatic deploys to multiple environments. I am my own analyst and project manager. We have 1 part time (15 hours per week) tester. I monitor our services in production and I also have to serve as the 2nd line of support for any questions our customer service reps can't answer (of which there are many). I also have to fix network issues, printers, general computer issues for everyone in the office. Our web presence is fairly advanced with image conversions, canvas elements, webgl components, e-commerce integration, etc. Not the most advanced ever but a lot of moving parts. As an added fuck you the owner told me yesterday that he wants another vertical web site on top of what we already have. The owner does not understand computers enough to even set up his own printer. Needless to say I work a lot keeping it all going. I also serve as an advisor for another small startup and I cleared it with my boss before I signed on to do so. Last summer the small startup got some press locally and my boss saw it. He had forgotten that he gave me that ok and he had a complete coniption fit because "I should be 100% focused on what we are trying to do here" and almost fired me. Since then he's called me a liar to my face because I wasnt clear about a bug that was found in production and several other incidents of similar character. You might be asking why in h-e-l-l are you staying? Well, i have a bonus that due on June 1st of this year. Approximately 350k (it's tied to the valuation of the company). That is the _only_ reason or I would have quit last summer. I came close as it was. Do I trust that the owner is going to honor it? Not sure but its too much money to just walk away. My real question is this, what should I do next? I don't live in the bay area, I live in the Charlotte area so everything around me is banking, banking, banking. Thats what attracted me to my current job, it wasn't banking. The banks are all the same and they are all heaped in red tape. There is no innovation going on. Ever. At least in my experience consulting there for multiple years. Realistically I don't think I can move to the bay area even though I personally would want to, I've got teenage kids in school and the housing market is just ridiculous for people moving there. I'm not saying I'm depressed or desperate, just not sure what to do once June 1st comes around. p.s. I will hand in my resignation on June 1st.
So, is this bonus in equity? Is the company going ipo any time soon? Also, I was offered more TC with alot less work in Charlotte/Raleigh area. Not bragging whatsoever, but you deserve so much more for all the work you are doing.
No IPO planned. The wording is kind of loose as to how I'll receive the money but it is tied to the valuation of the company.
Yeah, I hate to say its only 3 months, but it's just 3 months.. Not sure how "loose" the wording is, but if it's written then the owner will have to follow through (legally)
I’ve known similar companies where the owner had his favorite boys and everyone else was treated like trash.
In this case it's "unless you are family your are nothing but a hired hand".
Man, the school should teach negotiation. For YOE, you really should protect your rights better. A more drastic approach is, demand part of bonus now otherwise threat to leave. Otherwise , might as well lay low and hope for a miracle, at same time interview and find something else, the owner is clearly an asshole
Didn't start out that way but I agree. I'm sticking around for my bonus but the real question is what do I do next? Recommendations and tips welcome. Are any good companies hiring for remote roles?
Wait , you are due a bonus but it is based on him staying true to his word? It isn't written into a contract?
There is a signed document but I'm not sure he won't try some "he didn't do all the things we wanted him to do", "he didn't live up to his end of the agreement", etc.