Be upfront about asking for it in your next review cycle or when the opportunity comes up. 

Having another offer anytime will give you decent leverage while asking for this.

Product Manager

I’ve got a pretty low stock compensation (about 20% of my base), how do I ask for refreshers? (6mos, in current company)  Current ctc: 18 LPA

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I’ve got a pretty low stock compensation (about 20% of my base), how do I ask for refreshers?
(6mos, in current company)

Current ctc: 18 LPA

How to ask for stock refreshers at a startup?

Business Development Manager

How to ask for stock refreshers at a startup?- Grapevine

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Hi, I got an offer from a Series B startup and they are giving me 3000 shares of ESOPs vested over 4 years. Right now the value of each shares are worth $5 and has a potential to grow after new funding rounds this year. I feel 3000 shares is less and want to negotiate for more. 

In your experience can anyone tell me how much ESOPs (shares) have you received from new startups? And was it benefecial in the long run?

Any input is appreciated.

How much ESOPs should I ask from a Series B startup?

Analyst

I’ve been out of this game for a while so pardon my ignorance. What are you folks asking for as stock compensation these days?

My understanding is that if you’re being paid ₹100 as base pay, a ₹10-20 variable and ₹100 as ESOPs that vest over 4-5 years in equal parts is fair game. And you should continue to get at least ₹100 fresh grants each year if you’re a high performer. 

How did it go for your negotiation? 

And how did you ensure you actually get value for ESOPS? 

Most startup ESOPs are 100% bullshit and you may not get a rupee even after a decade of working.

How should you negotiate stock compensation ?

Corporate Strategist

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Education: B.Tech from Tier 2 NIT
Years of Experience: 6 Years
Previous Compensation: 35.5 LPA + 1.25LPA (RSU)
Company: Microsoft
Level: L62
Base Salary: 39 LPA
Signing bonus: 4 L (First Year) + 3.5 L (Second Year)
Stock Bonus: 65k USD for 4 years
Relocation Bonus: 3 LPA + 1.5 LPA
Cash Bonus: upto 20 percent (average :10% -> 3.7)
Total Compensation:
1st year: 39LPA + 3.7LPA + 4LPA + 4.5LPA + 13.64 LPA = 64.84 LPA
2nd Year: 39LPA + 3.7LPA + 3.5LPA + 13.64 LPA = 59.84 LPA
3rd Year onwards: 37 LPA + 3.7LPA + 13.64 LPA = 54.34
Benefits: Standard Microsoft Benefits

I currently don't have an offer in hand, but this one feels quite low. Despite negotiations, the recruiter is unwilling to adjust the terms. Given the need to relocate from Noida to Hyderabad for a team in the Azure vertical, I'm unsure whether to accept it.

Could you advise on what I should do?

Need suggestions

Technical Lead

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Background: I work in a D2C consumer product startup, we have an in-house website and a growing tech team of 7 people. The whole business team is 100+. I'm a '23 grad from a tier 1 engineering college.

I joined the company back in September when the job market was at the bottom and I had to take a 40% pay cut (21LPA to 12LPA) (while switching (the last company ran out of funding). I was at a higher than avg base in my previous role but the current role is 20% below the average. (15LPA) The company is in a growth stage and lots of processes are yet to be defined which leads to a lot of chaos but I get a lot of freedom as well.

My manager is aware of the whole situation and we had also negotiated a 6-month review for ESOP allotment. My monthly reviews have been going well and we have shipped some good improvements and features over the last few months.

Only PM in the startup, how much appraisal should I ask for at 6 months?

Hi,

I have been working in the Software Industry for the past 9 years. I feel like I have made a good use of my time and money and maybe some of my lessons can help you folks as well. Recently did a calculation for my NW and I am happy and proud to see my NW crossing 2CR+. I have 0 debt and do not own a house. Here is how my portfolio look like

TC: 1.3 Cr
YOE: 9

I am happy to do an AMA. Ask me anything about tech, career, love, marriage, money management, therapy, songs and movies.
#Ask Me Anything #ama #amazon #atlassian #google #startups #bengaluru #networth #money management #finance #india

Sorry if delay in responses, I'll answer all your questions eventually.

[AMA] 9 years in Software Engineering in India. NW 2.5Cr

I see a lot of similar questions and I'll try to answer them here.

>>>>>>CTC Progression<<<<

My current CTC is 1.3CR . 50% is cash, 50% is stocks.

Here is my CTC progression over the years

1st - 12L
2nd - 12L (Switched Companies)
3rd - 15L 
4th - 24L (Switched companies)
5th - 42L (Switched Companies)
6th - 48L
7th - 66L
8th - 72L
9th - 1.3Cr (Switched Companies)

As you can see I almost everytimg doubled my compensation when I switched my companies. But there are reasons to stay at a company as well. If you are learning and are able to handle different problems at scale, stay. When you feel stuck, leave and look for better opportunities. I have never switched job to get more money. I love CS. I have been coding since 15 years. What made me switch was either bad managers, uninteresting problems not visibility of learning and growth.

Software Engineer

Hey folks
Wanted to check what the market is paying and negotiate accordingly to my current offer.

Switching from one stock broker to other

Current Tc: 21(16 fix rest bonus and ESOP)
Total work ex: 1.8 yrs

What to expect in the current market ??

Thanks for help in advance 😃

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Software Developer

It's been a year and a half since I began my career as a User experience designer at a product company (my first job). The startup I work at has not started generating revenue yet.. and is running on the funds raised in the pre-seed round. The founders are an amazing bunch of people and so is the team. I'm super happy working here, but the only thing I would like is a salary raise since my salary hasn't been revised since I joined. My current CTC is 5 LPA and I own ESOPs worth approx 2L. All of us at the office are close knit and this makes having the salary revision conversation even harder.. how do I initiate a conversation about this and not feel awkward?

How to negotiate salary as a designer? 🚨

UX/UI Designer

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

I have total of 3.6 years of experience all as Data Engineer. 2.3 working at Sigmoid and 1.3 with Flipkart. I got promoted at both the organisation, means I am a high performing talent. I am getting 50L as a CTC from Flipkart, 21.5 is fixed, 2.15 is annual bonus and rest other are ESOP spreaded over 4 years. Flipkart is currently operating in hybrid model which means I had to shift to Bangalore this December.

In my new role at a startup which is acquired by Course Hero is offering 70l;
32l as fixed, 3.2l as annual bonus and rest other as RSUs spreaded over 4 years. It is work from anywhere.

Looking at the current market trend and my previous history, should I be little more greedy.

I am getting 70lac as CTC in my new role

Data engineer

How much ESOPs can I ask from an early stage startup (incubated). Valuation is around 12 cr. 
I have agreed to take a 50% paycut on my fixed, but not sure about ESOPs. Please advice.

ESOPs doubts

Hi everyone, I joined a startup back in May which started in May itself. I wrote the first line of code and it has been the backend work since then and have hired a few interns along the way. 

I took some pay cut to join this startup and i didn't receive any share/ESOPs as well in my offer letter. but whenever i talk to my friends who have worked or are working in these types of companies, ask me to ask for the ESOPs/equity from my founder. 

I did talk about  equity/ESOPs before accepting my offer letter but that time, they said, you will be issued ESOPs later on when we raise some funding. We will make some ESOPs plan when we raise funding. 

I know that our company has only raised friends and family round of amount near to 1cr. 

Now I need advice on.. should i bring up this conversation again with the company's founder ? 
And how much percentage of equity should I be asking..? 

 given that I am giving my 101% daily and leading the backend team.. although i have industry experience of only 3 years but have good academic achievements and has completed graduation in computer science in tier-1 college.

How to ask for ESOPs when you are a founding engineer

What is a reasonable ask while negotiating with startups?

Should I ask for a match or hike of X% over my TC/annum (52lk Base + 8lk Bonus + Rs30lk RSUs), or should I negotiate only over the Cash (Base + Bonus) component?

A startup I’m negotiating with is not considering the RSUs I have and is offering a 8% hike only on the cash component, and is throwing in ESOPs (paper money) instead.

What do I do?

Need help negotiating with a startup

What percentage of the base salary is generally the stock options granted while joining? What is a good number to ask for? 

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Stock components

I have doubt regarding RSU’s in freshworks.
I got new hire RSU. Are they giving refresher stocks on every year?
Can anyone confirm this.

Stocks(RSU) in Freshworks

Hey folks, 
Got a full time offer as an APM and they offered: 
1. 10 LPA Base
2. 1 lakh Retention Bonus (will be given in the first month) 
3. 1 lakh ESOPS

Should I accept or negotiate for more? If I negotiate, which component should I negotiate and how much? 

Thanks in advance.

APM Fresher Salary

What kinds of salary increments are expected during an APR (with/without promotion) if one’s base salary is 18LPA?

I want to gather a general understanding of how increments work in big tech companies and unicorn startups.

Salary increment range?

How's this for a compensation?
Base: 28lpa
Rentention:1lpa
Stocks:10lpa for 4 years
For a 2 year experienced employee?

How's this for the compensation

I am looking for a switch to a startup from a Product Based company. My salary breakup was following - 
Base - 19.5 L
Bonus - 1L
RSU- 2.5 L per yr
SignOn- 1.5L 

In the startup, I asked for a 30% hike on my base. I assumed they will take care of the rest. But to my surprise, they have no such thing as ESOPs, Bonus etc. Then, what should be my fair ask in this case? As of now they are giving me 30% on my Base and that's it. (Fixed  ) . What do I do?

Best Salary Breakup while switching

I have more than 3.5+ years of experience, in growth and marketing. The role is Growth and marketing manager.

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