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The "down to base" would be a significant shock based on what levels.fyi has for them - https://www.levels.fyi/companies/twitter/salaries/software-engineer https://www.levels.fyi/companies/twitter/salaries/software-e... Taking an $80k/year pay cut for a SWEII ($70k stock, $10k bonus - I'm assuming no bonuses for a while) is, well, that's a lot. With no future stock or the ability to sell it... and there are certainly other places that pay at least as much as Twitter's base alone, there are options out there.