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In my experience, the stock grant from a promotion is generally 50% higher than the previous level, and base salary is around 15% higher. Given that stock is a
by halpert 5y ago
In my experience, the stock grant from a promotion is generally 50% higher than the previous level, and base salary is around 15% higher. Given that stock is a majority of comp, a promotion comes pretty close to 1.5x the previous comp.
In another comment, you’ve mentioned that you don’t care about levels.fyi, which is basically saying you don’t care about accurate data. levels.fyi actually underestimates total comp, because they use base + (grant / vesting period) to calculate comp. For high growth tech companies, stock usually grows so comp gets higher naturally over time.
- endisneigh 5y agowhich company and when? levels.fyi didn't support the thesis, so obviously I don't care about it. also, I don't believe in using appreciation of stock as part of comp. were you paid less if you held on to vested RSUs and the stock dropped? no. you just decided not to sell and faced the consequences. same way I wouldn't count someone taking their entire salary and dumping it into options successfully as "apprecation"
- halpert 5y agoIf the stock price drops, yes you get paid less going forward. If the stock goes up, you get paid more. That’s how it works. Try telling Uncle Sam at tax time that you want to calculate your income tax based on your RSU grant price. I’m sure the IRS would be thrilled.
- endisneigh 5y agoWhat your income is at tax time and how much you were compensated are not the same
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- halpert 5y agoHow are they different in this scenario?