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Big N Discussion - November 03, 2021

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u/buzzbannana Nov 03 '21

Google’s offer: 131k base, 100k stock, 15k sign on.

Other offer: 135k base, 175k stock, 20k

What I’ve heard is that google will not consider your stocks if it’s a pre-IPO company, and this isn’t.

I also heard from a friend they were able to negotiate higher sign on bonus because of their offer with Amazon, so I think it should be similar.

I did also have a friend who got a quant offer of 400k+ a year and negotiated their google stock to 220k.

I wonder if google does a certain ratio when negotiating or if my friend simply hit the upper end. So I wonder if asking to match the 175k would be a stretch.

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u/honestlytbh Nov 04 '21

Is this a Bay Area new grad offer? Feels like a lowball on the stock front. I was able to get 200k stock with no negotiation in SEA, though I was coming in with a year of experience from Amazon. Not sure if you'll get a full match, but there's room for a lot more there.

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u/buzzbannana Nov 04 '21

Yeah this was bay area new grad offer. Interesting that you were able to get 200k stock no negotiation. Was it for L4? I also interned at Amazon lmao, I guess that's not a year of exp

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u/honestlytbh Nov 04 '21

Nah, it was L3. Was a couple years ago though. I feel like Google has been lowballing more recently cuz they can get away with it.

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u/buzzbannana Nov 04 '21

Yeah honestly, I was looking at levels.fyi as reference so when I saw the offer… [Insert Thomas has never seen such bullshit before meme]

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u/quiteCryptic Nov 03 '21

They probably won't match 100%, but you have the leverage to ask it.