Tech IndustryDec 17, 2020
AmazonjnXf75

Please help evaluate offers at Doordash, Uber & Tiktok

SDE2 at Amazon, TC ~230k per year with ~ 4.5 years of exp. Doordash Role: E4 TC: 175 Base + $400K worth RSUs over 4 years. I have the feeling that they might go an additional 100K on the RSUs Uber Role: SDE2 TC: ~300k Tiktok Role: 2-2 TC: ~350k Uber Pros: 1) Everyone involved in the process were very friendly. Heard great things about the manager from my friends at uber. 2) Heard they have good RSU refreshers every year. 3) Decent to good WLB Cons: Lay offs earlier this year is kinda scary esp because I am on H-1B Doordash Pros: 1) Love the team's vision and I guess there would be a lot to learn 2) Start up culture Cons: 1) The stock is super high post IPO and there are high chances that it would be halved in a year. 2) No one knows what the post pandemic world would look like for Doordash 3) Heard they have decent but not great RSU refreshers every year (~70k). It would be great if someone can confirm 4) Lowest among the 3 offers Tiktok Pros: 1) I guess there would be a lot to learn 2) Level jump 3) Fast paced environment 4) Start up culture 5) Don't wanna miss the IPO boat ;-) 6) Great cash compensation. I would be making well over my current Amazon TC in cash. 7) Rumor has it that the RSUs are already worth twice as much in the pre ipo market. Cons: 1) WLB. I am already at Amazon and I am kinda okay with the WLB here but I am not sure how I would react to the so called 996 culture 2) Risky. Concerns with the US Govt. 3) I'm not Chinese. Will I feel like an outsider? #tech #amazon #doordash #uber #Tiktok #bytedance

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Amazon sometimesi Dec 17, 2020

How was your final interview with hm at Tiktok

Amazon jnXf75 OP Dec 17, 2020

I got an offer even before chatting with the HM. My interviews were mostly technical

Amazon sometimesi Dec 17, 2020

Oh interesting. Did you not have a behavior interview after the technical ones?

Pinterest p6b Dec 18, 2020

Tiktok TC breakdown, their current valuation and share price? I’d go to Tiktok or Uber. Doordash has IPOed and their eng quality in general isn’t as good as Uber.

Amazon jnXf75 OP Dec 18, 2020

$195k base. 25% performance bonus and the remaining are RSUs

Pinterest p6b Dec 18, 2020

How much is RSU per share? It’s top base for 2-2 too. Congrats

DoorDash nvw👀 Dec 18, 2020

I’d say bytedance since it’s pre ipo but after an interview loop and searching on LinkedIn for engineers there, it’s 99% chinese which isn’t the place I’d wanna work tbh. I’m Asian myself but having a workplace that’s mostly FOB Asian/Indian is no fun

Amazon jnXf75 OP Dec 18, 2020

Yep. It’s not as multicultural like the rest of the companies

VMware kaka09 Dec 18, 2020

I had 320k offer from tiktok declined it for the same reason.

ByteDance yyeeeeeeee Dec 22, 2020

Don't expect a Bytedance ipo anytime soon.

Amazon seaasse Dec 22, 2020

Why

Oracle ncode Jul 16, 2022

@Op: did tiktok send the offer numbers via email anytime? Or it's only on phone ?