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It's mostly a waste of time, trying to negotiate with the big tech companies. I tried this with one, and they offered me a larger signing bonus. What I didn't
by hiddencost 3y ago
It's mostly a waste of time, trying to negotiate with the big tech companies.
I tried this with one, and they offered me a larger signing bonus.
What I didn't realize was that they just ended up deducting that from my year end bonus.
- fardo 3y agoEven if it was net neutral on hard compensation, guaranteed money now beats potential money later. Seems like a net win for negotiation.
- hiddencost 3y agoA small one. If I'd realized I was only getting a 6 month advance I probably wouldn't have taken the offer.
- jnwatson 3y agoI got 2/3 FAANGs to double their total comp. One was 2.8x. It is indeed a worthy exercise.
- hiddencost 3y agoThe only way to do that, of the places I'm aware of, is to get them to change your starting level from "fresh grad" to "engineer with 2 years of experience". Since the people involved in setting salary are not involved in setting level, that mostly doesn't happen, because they're not going to countermand the leveling decision just to get your compensation up. When did you do this? In the current hiring climate, I can't really imagine that happening.
- jnwatson 3y agoAlmost 2 years ago.