Walmart global tech: Designation: SE-III ( Remote- Dallas) Team: Search engine Marketing ( Data Science) Base : 140K Annual Bonus. : 22.4K(16%) RSU. : 12.5K Sign on bonus. : 30K(2 years) PTOs: 22 401K match: 6% after 1 year. (Caps at 7200) Citi bank: Designation: Digital Developer-III(C13) Location: Hybrid(Irving,Tx) office is 4 miles away from my home. Team: Unknown for now (some back end api development for sure.) Base : 160K Annual bonus. : 3-12% PTOs: 22 401K match: 6% from Day 1 (caps at 7200) Medical insurance seem to be much better at Walmart compared to Citi. At this point I am leaning towards Walmart. Are there reasons for considering Citi ? Current TC: 115K
Don’t join Walmart. Corporate is likely to cut costs. High possibility of layoffs especially remote roles.
walmart already did tech layoff and planned another round for coming quarter. saw posts on LinkedIn for sdes where they either let go or offered pay cut
The features walmart.com is putting out adds lot of value to customers (store pickup, delivery,substitutions, quick add cart". Also TC higher and remote. Remote is valuable it allows you to spend your time better and save money (not commuting). You can also juggle side hobbies and free time better. Also Walmart more business savvy. Most of the major banks went bankrupt in 2008 and needed fed bailout. It might happen again with move to bitcoin and blockchain currency. Walmart on other hand has survived major shift in retail landscape (i.e. Amazon)
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Try for a sign on bonus from Citi and you're better off. If an option, hybrid is much better than fully remote. You get to meet team in person and that's a great plus. Your base in Citi is higher. So any hikes will be on that base.
I can't comment on medical insurance since am not from US, but heard that it's often a big deal
I would say Citi is crap culture. Too much micromanagement. No value for tech talent. Feeling surrounded by some dumbstruck group of people.
Never work with dumb people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
You will be stuck at Citi, you will not be valued at all
Also the medical insurance. I haven’t seen a pay band wise monthly premium for medical insurance before.
Walmart too has toxic work culture. Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
Walmart can take away remote jobs any time. There's a huge furore in the company around it. Better take something local and Citi has a better work culture than Walmart.
Accept Walmart and keep looking
Walmart definitely as per experience very good learning curve . Layoffs will not be tech side mostly .