Do you count ESPP in your TC on blind?
Oct 29, 2020
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I know there’s always a debate here on whether or not you should base your TC off of current stock price vs offer. But something that doesn’t get mentioned is ESPP. Should that be included as well?
Thoughts?
Offer: $210k
TC now w/o ESPP: ~$235k
TC w/ ESPP: ~$249k
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I joined eBay last year but eBay ESPP policy is %15 off over 2 year period. So even me who joined a year ago is getting the stock at 30$. Stock is at 50$ today so that is like 66% gain. My base is around 185k so that adds around like 12k "free" money over a year.
However, ESPP can be factored in on W2 and some people just count W2 for TC. So in some cases people are including it.
you'd be an idiot to not consider that income when looking at other offers.