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> but remember that when push comes to shove a company will never show you loyalty beyond what makes economic sense and what is legally necessary, and you shoul

> but remember that when push comes to shove a company will never show you loyalty beyond what makes economic sense and what is legally necessary, and you should do the same. I don't know if I agree with you. I've had big successful companies give me way more than I believe I deserved. I've had small companies screw me over (or at least tried to). I don't know if a hard-and-fast rule like that works for everyone nor every situation. My suggestion is to treat a company only as well as it treats you -- which is probably a good thing to do in life in general. Relationships should be reciprocal. For many of us who've worked for a while, I am sure there has been instances where companies or managers have gone out of their way to take care of us. Even at the company that tried to screw me over, my manager cared for me beyond what his job entails. For new offers though, since there is no history with the company, no one should feel obligated to accept an offer if there is a better one that comes along or if the potential employee have any misgivings about the company.

fragmede 4y ago
> way more than I believe I deserved. Respectfully, it sounds like you didn't know your worth and should have held out for more. Large companies have seriously big bags of cash to give to their people. Money's only worth as much as you can eat though, you can't take it with you.
- hangonhn 4y ago
  I totally lucked into it. I was basically a new college grad and joined just before the IPO was announced. The equity was awarded to me was pretty small compared to some of the equity earlier employees received. So the company gave me a second much bigger grant just before the IPO. I contributed little to what got the company to the IPO. Maybe a charitable way to see it would be that the company saw potential in me. And like you said, they have huge bags of money to give away anyways because of the IPO so maybe it didn't matter as much to them. I just felt super lucky and undeserving. I did end up staying a long time at the company though and I did end up doing well and contributing post IPO. But I did appreciate someone taking a chance on me initially.
- decafninja 4y ago
  I don’t think company size is often indicative of compensation. Rather, determine if you will be a cost center or a profit center. A small company where you will be a profit center can give you significantly more money than a large company where you will be a cost center. Even if you’ll be doing essentially the same work at both companies.

fragmede 4y ago

> way more than I believe I deserved. Respectfully, it sounds like you didn't know your worth and should have held out for more. Large companies have seriously big bags of cash to give to their people. Money's only worth as much as you can eat though, you can't take it with you.

hangonhn 4y ago
I totally lucked into it. I was basically a new college grad and joined just before the IPO was announced. The equity was awarded to me was pretty small compared to some of the equity earlier employees received. So the company gave me a second much bigger grant just before the IPO. I contributed little to what got the company to the IPO. Maybe a charitable way to see it would be that the company saw potential in me. And like you said, they have huge bags of money to give away anyways because of the IPO so maybe it didn't matter as much to them. I just felt super lucky and undeserving. I did end up staying a long time at the company though and I did end up doing well and contributing post IPO. But I did appreciate someone taking a chance on me initially.
decafninja 4y ago
I don’t think company size is often indicative of compensation. Rather, determine if you will be a cost center or a profit center. A small company where you will be a profit center can give you significantly more money than a large company where you will be a cost center. Even if you’ll be doing essentially the same work at both companies.