Google Staff Hw L6 TC offer eval

Jun 4, 2021 10 Comments

I got a staff hw offer from google, no other offer, I wasn’t looking to change and that’s the only place I interviewed

Base: 230k
Init RSU: 700k
Signing: 30k

Bonus is 20% yearly. TC will be around 450. Should I negotiate? Can I push RSU to 900k with no other offer or I need start interviewing other places to get competing offer?

My manager has promised me to push for IC6 next half.
FB TC will be north 500k to 550k I assume.

Current TC: 300k IC5 , 6yoe, 5 years at facebook
which I think is kind of low considering amount of work and the number of years at fb.
#tech #facebook #google

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  • Jesus I’m an E4 and make 350. Didn’t know hw was so underpaid. And if your tc is 300k there’s no way a promo would push you to 500k
    Jun 4, 2021 1
  • Juniper
    veryless

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    veryless
    Offer seems unusually high particularly the initial RSU. Normal for SWE but exceptional for HW. External L6 hire at 6 YOE is rare. Do you have a PhD with specialized and relevant research ? If you manage to push initial grant to 900k you might beat some SWE offers at 6 YOE.
    Jun 4, 2021 1
    • OP
      I have a PhD and a Master (equivalent of another 6yoe probably) from one ivy school, good number of citations and patents, shipped 2 products. Interview also went super well specially with the director and hiring manager. I checked SWE L6 are +500k some go to 600k.
      Jun 4, 2021
  • Apple
    LC->TC

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    LC->TC
    You are expecting about 66%~83% bump at FB with one promo? Is that realistic?
    Jun 4, 2021 4
    • OP
      Normally Facebook doesn’t match offers for promo. My performance has been very good, I have a very important high impact project now, and my manager repeatedly said he will push for a promo in next performance review cycle. I can wait till performance review feedback is in July to tell them about my offer. Im afraid if i tell my manager about my offer now it might have some negative impact on my H1 performance review results.
      Jun 4, 2021
    • Apple
      LC->TC

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      LC->TC
      Best of luck, if you haven’t discussed with your manager on how you think your current pay is low, you should do it, that would give him an opportunity / reminder to use this cycle to adjust more in your favor
      Jun 5, 2021
  • NVIDIA
    qlyU85

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    qlyU85
    May I ask which field in hw? These are pretty high TC
    Jun 4, 2021 0