Negotiating base salary at Stripe

Jul 24, 2021 10 Comments

Anyone been successful negotiating starting base salary at Stripe and can share tips? Thank you!

UPDATE: I was able to negotiate a 9% bump in salary and sign-on bonus equivalent to 10% of my starting salary.

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    gLef70

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    gLef70
    I was only able to negotiate sign on. I think they do base negotiation in rare circumstances and also only within your band.

    Use competing offers, upcoming interview loops and unvested shares/missed bonuses to negotiate (in that order of effectiveness)
    Jul 24, 2021 0
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    Amz2Stripe

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    Amz2Stripe
    I negotiated too. Didn't claim specialized skillset, but I did indeed have other offers which were higher than Stripe's.

    I was told by the recruiter "this is the max for the level you're coming in, and it's an exception" and 1 month later a friend of mine joined at the same level with +40k stocks / year.

    Frankly I love Stripe in every aspect other than how recruiters approach new hires
    Jul 25, 2021 0
  • Ditto on above, they were unwilling to budge on base or stocks, just bumped up the sign on due to competing offers.
    Jul 24, 2021 1
  • Same with me, they didn’t budge on stocks. They bumped base and added 10% sign-on for two years.

    Anyone successfully negotiated on stocks ? What strategy worked for you.
    Sep 9, 2021 0
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    rYtJ17

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    rYtJ17
    I had a competing offer that was higher in cash comp (though not tc) and I told stripe I'd sign on if they could beat the other offer on cash compensation. They bumped up the base a little bit and added a sign on bonus on order to do so.
    This was for L3 in 2019, but they had the reputation of not negotiating back then, too.
    Jul 29, 2021 0