Walmart vs Capital One for tech career as Senior SWE C1 base 190, 30 sign up, no RSU, fully remote. Walmart labs base 170, 20 sign up, 45 annual rsus 3 year vest, 60 one time rsu 3year vest, in the office once in a while but not fully remote
If it’s Walmart Labs, they’re actually doing innovative shit over there from what I’ve heard
Yes it is
Is Walmart labs the same as Walmart global tech on LinkedIn?
I got offers from both Capitol one (senior associate position, NYC) and Walmart (SE3 position) the same week. Walmart TC was 33% higher (205k vs 154k)
Hpw is walmart so far? Also do you get RSUs? If so are they hard to get based on performance?
$25k RSU's for my level every year.. Vested quarterly over 3 years. I believe it's 45k for a Senior level. Performance bonus is separate.. 16% for my level.. 20% for senior
Which team has the better tech stack? which offer has the higher TC? will help us give you a more insightful opinion. I recently rejected an offer from C1 - even though they were paying 25% more than my current TC as I am working for FAANGMULA. Due to the current market volatility I will prefer Walmart over C1.
C1 base 190, 30 sign up, no RSU, fully remote. Walmart labs base 170, 20 sign up, 45 annual rsus 3 year vest, 60 one time rsu 3year vest, in the office once every 2 weeks but who knows in the future
Both offers are decent, I am not sure about your YOE. If you don't have a problem with going to the office I will prefer Walmart or else join C1 and keep interviewing.
I do not recommend Capital One. The pay is not competitive enough, and bonuses are a joke. Internal tools are despised by current devs at the org, and for good reason. Also, you’ll likely be downlevelled during hiring then discover that promotions are a political sham.
I heard it is pretty easy to get the target bonus, isn't it true?
That depends on what you mean by “target bonus”. I can’t remember if that’s the max bonus or the midpoint. As long as you do your job you’ll likely get a “strong” performance rating, and earn the midpoint. To get the max you have to get an “exceptional” rating, which is certainly not “pretty easy” to get unfortunately, owing mostly due to the political nature of performance management. Your performance rating is quite literally a popularity rating at Capital One, not an actual rating of your SWE performance. And performance management is the number one complaint current employees have at the company, and a primary cause of attrition.
What’s the base location for Walmart ? The numbers change based on the location.
Stay away from Walmart for your sanity.
Does that depend on location? Also why? Wlb?
There is no wlb in most cases. Want you to work india at weird hours and incompetent management. Wish you could see the threads on the Walmart channel. Do yourself a favor and keep interviewing if you can. I'll copy one of the latest below.
Assuming the work location would be Washington DC metro area. Both companies are good. Walmart IMO is better provided the 20% bonus with your performance. And annual RSUs also do have performance matching. I dont see any issue in meeting the performance rating. Tech wise I feel walmart is doing great. Walmart doesnt use AWS it has its own cloud containerized solution which is great. WLB depends on the team and project you join. Also I dont see walmart trying to make everyday office regular. Right now we meet twice a month that too for plannings. Capital one is good too. I heard they are calling employees 3days a week from September. But their employee benefits are better than walmart. Also I feel, promotions are quicker in Cap1 compared to WMT.
Thank you for this. Its the Hoboken location. I wonder if wlb is good. Also, are annual RSUs performance based too? Meaning that if you dont hit your performance you dont get them? I thought the letter didn’t mention that
I dont know if you dont get RSU when you not meet expectations. I have been getting above expectation and RSU are more . I dont know if they reduce the RSU.
What about goldman vs walmart? I am working at Walmart as an intern, they have given return offer, but the work has not been interesting, they dont guide, everyone's busy, no one to help in my team, but goldman too has its own cons. Totally unable to decide. I want to learn and solidify my foundation, i dont know if I'll get to do that in any of them.
Congrats OP on your offers. Can you explain the rsu portion, is it 45k rsu every year that vests over 3 year period or it 45k rsu for entire 3 years which means 15k rsu per year? Also how does the one time 60k rsu works and vests? Thanks Edit: is it 45K worth of rsu or 45 in count?
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