Walmart vs IBM for Product Management career

Not sure, got a verbal offer, written is processing. How much should I expect for Bay Area 4.5 YOE all in product?

With your YoE at least 165 base. Walmart Tech pays low compared to others but that’s because of retail + frugal Sam Walton culture. I would recommend pushing through the other interviews if TC is a high priority because the startups might beat Ws offer.

I was accepted right out of undergrad to their APM program. TC is 🥜 at IBM. No scheduled bonuses, no stocks (unless ad hoc… I have about $20k vesting in 3 years lmao)

You can travel a lot as a PM at IBM though in non pandemic settings

Thanks for the pointers here @622881. Within the context of Walmart, are there any specific questions I should ask to confirm this? I know the product role varies from team to team. I know that they have the three pronged design-pm-eng. I already spoke with a good amount of the team.

I wish I could recall which post it was on blind, but it was someone checking Tc for a new Pm role he cleared, and a former Walmart Pm with the tech team cautioned, how this is sorta like a dead end in terms of learning curve cause you’re basically a program manager just managing roadmaps, and manage data reporting, while upper management/exec hand out features you need to implement. The commentator said he left as soon as he finished a year with that team. I remember this cause I had a chat with him (my current role is similar to what he’d described, not Walmart). Unfortunately I don’t can’t answer your question specifically. But if you’re satisfied, and dug deep enough, then I guess you should take it up. Good chance this isn’t every team in Walmart, but i remember he specifically said with tech team there.