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Originally Posted by goofyballer
After getting home, had a call w/ a recruiter from the other (not Desirable Bay Area Megaco, but the other place I interviewed) company whose interview I passed with offer details. This offer came from them unprompted, in the sense that I never told them current or desired salary info, so I still have room to negotiate from here. Pretty happy with the details for an opening round:
Base: same as I currently make (which, again, I did not disclose to them)
Bonus: 50k/yr if performance review is satisfactory (current employer: does not give bonuses)
RSU: 200k, typical 4 year vest
The one downside: company is private. I think they are more viable and more likely to have some sort of liquidity event compared to my current employer, so the RSU doesn't feel as much like paper money as my current stock options do. And it's 50k more than I currently make in cash alone, so that's sweet. And once I have an offer from DBAM (still going through team matching) I'll have even more leverage to negotiate.
Quoting above for comparison. Update: got DBAM offer details, finally. It is...on the low side! And obviously I can negotiate it up a bit, but there's a large gap to be made up that has me nervous.
Base: current salary minus 60k
Bonus: 20k/yr (base; could be as high as 40k if I kick ass but I have no visibility into how easy or hard that is)
RSU: 140k, typical vest
RSU is public stock in this case, but all in all, that still means...
- ILPS: total comp is current salary + 50k cash + 50k private stock
- DBAM: total comp is current salary minus 5k
I mean, yikes.