Worth to join Wish before IPO?

Apple / Eng
plOM37

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plOM37
Sep 19, 2020 51 Comments

Got a Wish offer recently. Here is the details:
Base 200k
RSU 500k
How is this company? I saw many bad reviews but interview experience is pretty good. Any thought?

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TOP 51 Comments
  • Why would you downgrade from top-tier company like Apple to trash reputation Wish on your resume - with paper money and peanut rise in TC to boot
    Sep 19, 2020 10
  • Wish
    TTiD66

    Go to company page Wish

    TTiD66
    People in Blind are too rich and they are not Wish's targeted customer, so people here are saying trash.
    Sep 19, 2020 6
  • Wish
    OjEW44

    Go to company page Wish

    OjEW44
    Wish is very team dependent. Lots of great teams to work on where people are happy. A few bad teams where people are overworked and/or fired and go on tirades on glassdoor. If you have a good feeling about your team from the interview it’s probably one of the good teams.

    Revenue growth is consistent, there are a few risks but the company has already overcome the biggest existential challenges in the last 2-3 years so it’s not going away anytime soon.

    I would say join if you like the team. Prestige is a factor as well and Wish sucks in that regard but they make up for it with benefits/TC.
    Sep 22, 2020 2
  • Ordered a backyard swimming pool, got a sock as delivery... single piece not even pair.. goes my $50 and any reason to join them
    Sep 20, 2020 3
  • Wish
    GMVtoADP

    Go to company page Wish

    GMVtoADP
    Fight for yourself and negotiate like hell. Here are some reasons:

    - bonuses do not exist. If your recruiter is enticing you with one he/she is lying. Do not take "we are working on bonuses" as an answer and put it down in paper if can get one.

    - salary increases were frozen all year throughout September. CEO said that it would be retroactive but in the end it was not.

    - the equity grants were also delayed so we lost at least 6 months of vesting.

    I like working at Wish but we have the worst HR team and the examples above are just a few. I'd love to have more talented people joining our company but brace yourselves for some weirdness so negotiate like crazy.

    See you on the inside!!
    Sep 22, 2020 1
    • Lyft
      bkdaking

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      bkdaking
      1. To clarify on the salary increase point: Does this mean that the CEO promised resuming salary increases in September including retroactively increasing salaries that should have been increased prior to September? And he didn’t follow through on this?

      2. What do you mean by losing 6 months of vesting?

      Thanks for mentioning this btw. As an incoming hire, this context is super helpful.
      Sep 22, 2020