I recently received a verbal offer from TikTok for a SWE position. Recruiter has not come back with level yet but she mentioned most likely it would be for 2-1. We negotiated some numbers and they are currently at the following: Base : 170k Bonus: 25% (for meets) RSU 1750 shares over 4 years at $155 Signon : 30k Total 281k for 1st year Location: San Jose Can I push for more? I started out at 300k and recruiter said thats at the higher end for 2-1. Was she BSing me? I see higher offers on Levels but I am not sure if they are current employees who add in their bonuses that were like 50% to inflate the TC. Please no comments around CCP or 996. I am well aware of the culture already Blind tax TC: 300k YOE : ~2.5 #engineering #software #tiktok #bytedance
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You think you know what you are getting into? You have no fucking idea.
Is it really that bad? the hiring manager mentioned no late night meetings required for ICs in his team so I assume there would be some WLB
My follow-up question is same as others have pointed out: you are going from a 300K TC to 281K TC (only for first year), and in future years you get a 20% TC cut. Plus you will be working at a company that has worse WLB than where you are right now. Do you really want to do this?
Congrats, these are good numbers for this terrible job market
Thanks!
Just wondering why you would leave Amazon for identical (maybe even less) TC at BD
I am currently based in Bay Area, but my team is in Seattle. I don't know if they are going to force me to RTT. That would potentially cause me to lose some salary. In addition, looking for more learning opportunities. Tech stack is different from what I am currently working on in Amazon. I have also heard that bonus can be huge (50% if I exceeds expectations)
Which org did you get hired for at tiktok ?
Mmm is TikTok really ever going to ipo?
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That’s great for 2-1 in this economy. My TC at Stripe as a new grad 2 years ago was similar Stripe TC: Check out this post! "Stripe vs Netflix (New Grad) (Software Engineering Career)" https://us.teamblind.com/s/8gaJ6R3P