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CHQy11

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Jul 9, 2021 43 Comments

Asking for a friend. She has 4.5 YOE. Current TC: 290k

Both for senior (L5 and L5a). For some reason google didn’t match uber’s offer:

Uber
196k base, 35k bonus, 715k RSU. Average TC: 410k, due to front load(35/30/20/15), first year TC: 481k, second year TC: 445k, last 2 years: 374k, 338k

Google
197k base, 15% bonus, 542k RSU, sign on: 30k. Average TC 362k, due to front load(33/33/22/12), first year is around 435k(including 30k sign on), second year TC: 405k, last 2 years: 346k, 292k

Google said this is the max they can offer… don’t know how to negotiate higher. Advice appreciated!

She also needs to apply for green card immediately(perm), so processing speed is important. Confirmed that both Uber and Google can start at day1.

What do you think? Would love to hear from people working at either. Thanks!

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  • Oracle
    chilin@hm

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    chilin@hm
    4.5 YoE and L5 at google ?
    Jul 9, 2021 1
  • Uber
    VKlQ30

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    VKlQ30
    Quite high numbers for 4.5 yoe, do they have PhD? I would go to google for perm stability, not much TC difference.
    Jul 9, 2021 6
  • New / Eng
    winguys

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    winguys
    Lol, why do companies front load, such a shitty idea.
    Encouraging people to Leave or not work?
    Jul 9, 2021 4
    • Uber
      Daraemon

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      Daraemon
      When did Uber start doing front load? I
      Jul 10, 2021
    • New / Eng
      winguys

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      winguys
      I see.. makes sense. So, because of crazy 2020 stock market, now public companies are also considering stock appreciation as a factor for vest %.

      So, year 1 TC is the Target TC.

      From when does Uber start giving refreshers - After completing 2 years?
      Jul 10, 2021
  • Op how did you get l5a and l5 at googl with 4.5 yoe. Just wow. Congrats..
    What's the secret??? Do share with us please 🙏😊
    Jul 9, 2021 2
    • Google
      CHQy11

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      CHQy11
      OP
      Thanks! To more easily get the senior level interview, getting senior level in current company helps a lot. Also current company must be well known, so they can acknowledge it.

      To pass the interview, for google interview, needs some luck :P Generally, prepare and practice coding questions for almost all categories of questions(e.g. DFS, BFS, graph, etc). For system design, read and understand high level of design data intensive application book, also learn Grokking the System Design Interview, other random things like online resources/YouTube videos, eng blogs.

      Hope it helps!
      Jul 9, 2021
    • Thank you so much for this information and good luck 👍
      Jul 9, 2021
  • Lyft
    eYmY56

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    eYmY56
    L5 Google with 4.5 yoe seems crazy. Can you give more info? That is, I think, literally the lowest yoe for goog l5 ever
    Jul 9, 2021 11