Help to evaluate offers

Nov 2, 2019 19 Comments

LinkedIn Staff SWE, on my way to Sr staff in next 1 year or so
TC: ~ 450k ( base + bonus + rsus )

Got following offers
1: Airbnb , base : 205, don't think rsus matter for pre ipo company

2: Atlassian SF office , base 210k, rsus 300k over 4 years

3: Salesforce , base 210k, rsus 250k over 4 years

All 3 offers are in the capacity of engineering manager / team lead. There is immediate loss of $$ , but will gain manager role( tough to get it in current team) . Is this worth it assuming I really don't have extremely strong inclination on any side ( IC vs Manager )

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TOP 19 Comments
  • I wouldn't take a pay cut to be a manager. It's a much harder job.
    Nov 2, 2019 1
  • Airbnb is a no brainer. Why is this even a question ??? Airbnb is the best company to work for in the valley at present
    Nov 3, 2019 5
    • Google
      SDDooo

      Go to company page Google

      SDDooo
      They have potential but they definitely don't have the cream of engineers. Let's not fool ourselves - they simply don't work on deep enough technical problems to warrant very strong ICs
      Nov 3, 2019
    • @sddooo Let’s face the reality. Not everyone is working on cutting edge google scale ads or search or building the next LinkedIn at scale. People working in a big company are working on a small portion of a big chunk. Airbnb is a much smaller company and there is more scope for a bigger impact. Of course they will innovate and diversify more in the future
      Nov 3, 2019
  • Apple
    s432

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    s432
    I would stay at Linkedin. There are too many unknown variables at the three other companies (maybe except Salesforce), and if you’re on your way to senior staff which isn’t common at all, then you’ll be leaving a lot more money on the table than you might think
    Nov 2, 2019 0
  • LinkedIn / Eng
    moxii

    Go to company page LinkedIn Eng

    moxii
    Wth would you leave now? You are already making significantly more than any of the offers(other than perhaps AirBnB), & you will make even more as Sr Staff. Stay. If you really want to be manager & can't in your current team, move internally to some other team that's more receptive.
    Nov 3, 2019 2
  • Airbnb
    dhdHw

    Go to company page Airbnb

    dhdHw
    Why wouldn’t you consider Airbnb RSUs? Airbnb is IPO-ing within a year, probably via direct listing, so the stock will be liquid soon
    Nov 3, 2019 0