I have offers from each of these companies, any insight is helpful.
The Airbnb is substantially higher comp compared to the Cruise offer at current valuation, they also have a money making product and are close to IPO. Culture seems healthier at Airbnb too, and the office just felt significantly less... depressing.
Airbnb: 600K (250K base, 50K sign on + 25% annual bonus, 300K of RSUs)
Cruise: 450K (250K base, 50K sign on + 25% annual bonus, 150K of RSUs)
On the other hand, Cruise is in a fascinating problem space and my role there would have a lot of growth (the team has highly ambitious growth plans - but is not a core AV team, which might make things more frustrating). The recruiter seems to be banking on further equity upside, which seems very uncertain given how rapidly they've taken on funding.
Other than the growth, the roles are similar in terms of what I'd be doing.
Do Cruise or Airbnb employees have thoughts? I've read some pretty damning posts about Cruise here.
TC 285K, YoE 8
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Cruise: so called "dysfunctional" but working on a hard real life rewarding problem.
You pick. I was in a similar position and I picked cruise. Didn't regret it. If you don't give a fuck about what you work on then sure , maximize your TC and go to Facebook
Cruise is just throwing test cars at bad tech to get miles. Ask your new MBA CEO whether he really gets it or not
Honestly I was in the same boat as you when I signed for Cruise. I decided to go for the rewarding job working on a real life hard problem.
Everything is definitely not perfect at Cruise. It really depends on the team. That being said I really feel like we are working on something that matters, and it makes you feel great at the end of the day.
If you want money go for Airbnb. It's cash in hand money. Cruise RSUs might be worth a fortune or nothing...
Airbnb is a hotel reservation website. It's going to be an easy peasy job there. Not a lot of challenge. Lot of money but pretty meaningless.
Depends what you want.
At the end of the day, what culture is toxic might depend on you. What do you want? Is it aligned with their culture? I know people who are super workaholics and like everyone else on their team to be, but such a team will no doubt be toxic for people who want a work life balance. Similarly, if you are a workaholic beast, you might literally throw up at a team of coworkers who can deliver more but choose not to because they want to only work 40 hours a week.