Broadcom or AMD
Background - 8 years in enginnering then MBA. Interned at NVDIA last spring (during MBA). Was not offered full time position. Got two offers from Broadcom and AMD. I liked AMD but they low-balled. Help me decide. #marketing
This TC difference is very small, ask AMD to match the base
How's your experience with broadcom so far?
Itās been decent for me, but itās highly team and bu dependent. Iām also in an engineering role. Itās just you feel strongly about the teams and the TC difference is only 30k, basically 15k after tax. On average broadcom gives better RSUs and bonus, but itās for engineering, not sure about marketing. Try negotiating with AMD.
The only info you really gave us here is the TC for each. What other considerations do you have that are weighing on your decision?
TC, WLB, stability, exciting work (not necessarily in that order)
I was in your exact scenario. Had offer from both AMD and broadcom. Broadcom offer was ~50k more. I chose AMD. Broadcom is full RTO, and employee reviews of broadcom make it out as a miserable place. From my experience of the onsite interview, I could see truth in the reviews. Yes, AMD offers less but I really enjoy my team after nearly 2 years, work on cutting edge products, and am being recognized (not just with more work, I now make the same as broadcom offer).
I noticed the exact same thing during my onsite interviews. Do you think this AMD offer is at par with the market? How are the refreshers RSUs at AMD ?
I can not speak to marketing, as I am an engineer, but if marketing manager roughly aligns with MTS then I would say this is an average offer for MTS level. You may be able to negotiate some more equity. In terms of refreshers, they have been very good for me... Although that may not be true across all teams. Initially 100k/4yr First refresher was 30k Latest refresher was 45k
How is your bonus at broadcom only 25k , ICB4 has 25% bonus of base, It should be 52k. Does marketing have different rates?
Base looks higher for icb4 band. I thought icb4 in bay area gets < 180K
Since youāre MBA, you might find more exciting things to do in AMD. With RISC-5, AI etc I think AMD might turn out to be in a good spot. It is more likely that money in Broadcom will stack up better in couple of years. Say 200k, would you be ok losing it ?
Have you checked back in with your prior team? Hiring for most teams has opened back up, so they might be able to make an offer now. For an MBA and 8 years prior Eng experience, neither offer seems fantastic. Broadcom has much better perf grants, but AMD might have a more interesting role (depends on the team/product line)
TC always wins and AMD bonuses sucked last year, don't think it will be any better this year as well. Also, AMD did not low-ball, they just don't pay well :). If you join unhappy you will regret and cry each day :D
I really liked AMD's team over Broadcom. Also Broadcom has full RTO. Do you think this is a good offer for L7? Shall I push for L8?
I donno the program manager comps, I'm in tech. But why does it matter, AMD should just match your competing offer, you already have one :)