TwirlyNarwhal
TwirlyNarwhal

I have decided to reject Meta London offer

Offer : E4 175k pounds Current: L4 56 Lakhs YoE: 1 year 7 months

Here's what I have considered:

  • Living in London is going to be costly, on an avg I'll be saving 1.2x of India.

  • Meta London created a bad reputation for itself when last year it laid off people from India just 2 days after joining

  • it's not worth it going from L4 to E4, I probably should switch only when getting a higher level or a big big pay bump (this is probably not a big pay bump considering the cost of living)

  • I am not very good at making friends, and I have quite some friends here now... I don't just want to leave everything and be alone in a new city so far away from home.

  • the only pro point I see is that.. it is London.

Do you think I should reconsider my decision?

8mo ago
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SquishyWalrus
SquishyWalrus

Dude, take risk. I know staying in Google looks like safety net but You might not be able to do adventures stuff later in life. Moving to a new country, new food, new culture. You WILL meet new people. Those things can’t be bought.

DizzyLlama
DizzyLlama

Bhai vo Google se bhi ja sakta hai dusre desh

WigglyRaccoon
WigglyRaccoon

Google & safety @Sulphur 🤣🤣

Google layoffs are random & where as Amazon layoffs are based on performance & politics. You can survive the Amazon wave longer than Google. Also, After L7 things are not such risky at Amazon, at G even L9 gets laidoff.

WigglyRaccoon
WigglyRaccoon

London except zone 1 is a full of hateful towards Indian Hindus especially run by a certain group. Unless London Mayor changes to a different ethnicity nothing will change. Cambridge is far better than London in every aspect.

You’ll be safer in a Jungle in India rather than a Hindu outside Zone1.

FloatingMuffin
FloatingMuffin

This looks fake. I don't know anyone who has got L4 with 1 YOE

WigglyRaccoon
WigglyRaccoon

Maybe he is lying to hide it’s identity? Although I have seen 1 guy in BLR with L4 in 15 months. Not sure he is same or not.

WigglyPenguin
WigglyPenguin

bhai in-hand bta na

TwirlyNarwhal
TwirlyNarwhal

CTC nhi, TC hai

WigglyPenguin
WigglyPenguin

what's the base pay in both cases

SquishyQuokka
SquishyQuokka

Meta London looks good on resume tbh.
But yes, big agree on all of your points.

TwirlyNarwhal
TwirlyNarwhal

Agreed, hopefully in the future I'll get more opportunities to switch 🤞

BouncyBiscuit
BouncyBiscuit

Only lesson I have learn this past year is to take the opportunity when I get it

FloatingMuffin
FloatingMuffin

Looks fake. Google will never give L4 to 1 YOE lol, it's the company that is notorious for downleveling people. Only PhDs start at L4, not even M.S !

TwirlyNarwhal
TwirlyNarwhal

haha, brother 4 Noograds from my batch were promoted to L4 in 1.3 years. You just need business impact and a good team ;)

FloatingMuffin
FloatingMuffin

Good for you then. As for your initial question, maybe consider Meta as the pace of growth there is faster than Google , even if initial savings is less.

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