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"was if you're in the Bay Area and you take a job with Zapier we'll pay $10,000 to help you relocate to anywhere, or as we call it, de-locate." ..so
by sabujp 9y ago
"was if you're in the Bay Area and you take a job with
Zapier we'll pay $10,000 to help you relocate to
anywhere, or as we call it, de-locate."
..so this is just a one time re-location "bonus"? I think many large companies "pay you" something close to this amount to re-locate to the bay area. This really doesn't help that much. What would be better is to pay bay area salaries/rates in another part of the country that doesn't have stupid expensive housing rates + 10k/yearly for not working in the bay area.
- mwfunk 9y agoMany/most companies pay something like this for relocation. I never thought of it as a bonus, rather a way for an employer to offset the expense and misery of moving. If a company didn't help pay for relocation, I wouldn't want to work for that company. It's not a bonus, it's an expectation.
- 31reasons 9y agoFacebook pays $50k to relocate to Bay Area!
- aaron-lebo 9y agoBut then you have to work at Facebook.
- Spivak 9y agoSay what you want about the business side, but everyone I've talked to from Facebook on the engineering side loves it.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoDon't get me wrong, it would be a lot of fun to work with world class engineers, it's probably a blast, but life is too short to work for unethical organizations run by egomaniacs.
- astrange 9y agoEveryone I talk to there is practically contemplating suicide (their words) before their RSUs vest. Trying to add some process just doesn't go over well, apparently!
- slantedview 9y agoBut then you have to live in the bay area.
- gvd 9y agoAnd freeze your eggs
- gvd 9y agoLOL I'm being down voted for stating that FB offers to freeze eggs. Yes it's a SAD thing
- IntelMiner 9y agoOr because your comment offers nothing relevant to the discussion
- honestoHeminway 9y agoWell eggnogg on the rocks is offered.
- lstyls 9y agoThat's a benefit that is extremely valuable.
- Something1234 9y agoWhat? Why?
- phamilton 9y ago$10k is usually the signing bonus I get for just changing companies. Is this in addition to the signing bonus?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- rifung 9y agoYes it is separate. At Amazon the signing bonus you owe if you leave within one year but the relocation bonus you owe if you leave within two; both are prorated
- bsder 9y ago> At Amazon the signing bonus you owe if you leave within one year but the relocation bonus you owe if you leave within two; both are prorated Um, wow. Yet another reason not to work at Amazon. How does Amazon still get employees when they just seem to pile these kinds of irritating, anti-employee behaviors up one after another?
- Dobbs 9y agoThey also clawback their contribution to the 401k if you leave before (iirc) three years.
- icelancer 9y agoThis is common in the normal business world. Most 401k vests over a period of three years with a prorated clawback mechanism.
- msthrow 9y agoAre these bonus terms not standard? These prorated periods are the same for Microsoft. How else do you stop someone walking out on day 1 with 50k cash?
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- BeetleB 9y agoHeck, I moved half way across the country and I got about that much for relocation. Neither location involved the Bay area. This seems to be the standard (and not special) relocation benefit.
- gozur88 9y agoEven if it's a one time bonus it's a pretty good deal for people who were looking to get out anyway.