Have offers from Google, Amazon and Uber

Hi Grapevine community, I have offers from Amazon and Uber. Given the below scenario, can you help me in choosing one of them? Criteria: Role Amazon: SDE-2 Uber: SDE-2 Criteria: Compensation (including all components) Amazon: ~65L per annum Uber: ~65L per annum Criteria: Team tech stack Amazon: Java and others Uber: Java and others Criteria: Team culture Amazon: Have talked with team members; it looks good unlike Amazon's toxic work culture. As per one of the team members, they usually work for ~7-8 hours per day. Uber: Same case here (~7-8 hours per day). Criteria: Company culture Amazon: As you know Uber: As you know Criteria: Stock growth Amazon: I expect good growth, if not, at least stable value. Uber: Worried here, as it is highly volatile. Criteria: Location Amazon: Bangalore Uber: Bangalore Let me know your thoughts on which team to join.

I'm looking for opportunities in Pune. I see companies in Bengaluru are hiring a lot and they are paying more than the market standards. I want to collate a list of such companies. Let's add the names of companies which give hefty compensation(e.g. 25LPA+ for 4 YOE) to software engineers(fullstack) for Pune location in the comments. I believe this post will help many. Thanks

Wanted to know if FAANG or similar companies such as Atlassian, Intuit, LinkedIn, Adobe ask for last drawn salary during interviews and only offer on that basis, or do they have their own salary range for each role and give that. If they ask, would be great to know in which round.

Have lately been exploring switching out from Uber to early stage startups. Exploring founding engineer roles / CTO roles with people I know well The worst of it has been just the fact that our salaries are hard to match (even with Cash + ESOP, no matter what you do) Like I know you need to be okay with less cash. But I now feel that it’s such a jump down, I wonder if it makes sense. And then this feeling forever makes me averse to trying out something big, risky, bold. It’s a catch-22 situation lol

Base - 51LPA Bonus - 15% of Base RSUs - 150K USD over 4 years Joining Bonus - 10L Initially recruiter had offered 81LPA but I shared my hesitation to join the team offered because I had read a very serious red flag review about the manager of the team and tech lead on teammatemeter.com (refer the screenshot below). I had requested for another team but the recruiter said this is the only team available. Since I had another offer from Uber (72LPA), I declined the Google offer because I didn't wanted to risk my career. Next day the recruiter returned with improved offer but same team. I'm totally confused what to do. Should I take the risk for extra 19L or play it safe by joining Uber because ultimately the manager and teammates matter a lot.

Which are the good work cultures and highest paying companies in Bangalore?

I interviewed with Uber in Jan 2023, cleared all the rounds but they did not released the offer till march, so I lost hope and moved ahead. Fast forward, they reach out in Feb this year as they are hiring aggressively now. Received the offer letter based on last year interview rounds. Right now I’m working for a MNC as SDE 2(~5 YOE) and I’m not sure weather to join it or not. Uber is offering SE-2 for a fintech team. Other points: 1) cash component is 40% higher than my current org. This excludes the RSUs which Uber provides 2) various additonal perks which Uber provides like free food, wellness , insurance etc 3) WLB is great right now, not sure about it in Uber 4) Frequent Layoffs in Uber Folks working in Uber, how is the wlb and layoffs scenario here. Would you recommend joining?

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