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?
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.
BearBear
Stealth
5 months ago
Bhai vo Google se bhi ja sakta hai dusre desh
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.
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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.
samosa
Stealth
5 months ago
bhai in-hand bta na
samosa
Stealth
5 months ago
what's the base pay in both cases
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Meta London looks good on resume tbh.
But yes, big agree on all of your points.
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 !
haha, brother 4 Noograds from my batch were promoted to L4 in 1.3 years. You just need business impact and a good team ;)
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.
If you have decided to reject, is this post about validation or getting an ego massage? I dont see any learning from your post which can help the community
pls I do not need validation from random strangers on the internet... Respectfully I just wanted to hear other people's opinions.
And how can it be "ego massage"... There are thousands of other people with a better TC
Wow! A non-Tier1 college guys getting such high package at almost fresher level!
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Solid decision 175k is a good offer imo. Grass will always be greener on the other side. Friends and family are not replaceable. Plus London isn’t exactly SF Bay Area where you will find the greatest tech folks, I would argue it’s in the same league as BLR.
Your savings number seem off though. If tax/living expenses in London are similar to the Bay Area you should be able to 60/70k pounds.
At 1.7 years 56 is damn good. As you stated in 2nd and 4th points, if I were you I would stay at Google India
How have you computed savings at 1.2x? 105 vs 37? Or overall? Any calculations worth sharing?
Meta seems more future agnostic than Google at the moment with AI based search disruption risk to traditional cash cow business model: Google Ads
Watched a lot of YT videos, and asked on Blind.
Also, to me Meta does not seem that future agnostic, Meta also relies heavily on Ads... Imagine Android doing what Apple did (stop sharing usage information with Instagram).
AFAIK Meta is more reliant on Ads than Google is, and it will take just one EU law to distrupt everything
HelloCTO
Stealth
5 months ago
ElonMusk, can you please tell how you got such amazing jobs?
I assume you are from IIT so MNC would prefer you, right?
You must be really good at communication?
What is it that you are trying to get by switching to Meta?
Location?
High Salary?
Career growth?
New tech stack?
Toxic work culture at current company?
Stagnant at current company?
I would suggest you to do a self analysis to see why are trying to move to Meta? And if it offers to opportunities or fits in criteria?
If it doesn't, you have your answer.
@Alex_1202
Location - The only pro point
High Salary - Nope, pretty happy with what I earn in India, for context I am 23
Career Growth - I am in a solid team at Google (I did not mention in the post, but another reason I do not want to switch)
Tech Stack - At Google everything is internal, I assume it will be same at Meta.
Doesn't make sense if you are happy with your current job.
Take 2 weeks off and you can take a vacation to London. 😊
Go to London
You'll always be treated better abroad
Than you ever will be , by your peers in India, and the root cause of this is competition.. and competition aline
@Faangdingbat I am sorry that you feel that way, but my peers here at Google are great... well tbh, most of my team is in Europe so we have that European working culture here in India.
For me, I would never move abroad because I can’t imagine my life without househelp/maids. Can’t do all the cooking cleaning and office . I would prefer India anyday. But if it doesn’t bother you then choose London and then you could switch again in a year if you don’t like it there
Imnewhere
Stealth
5 months ago
Itnda dimaag ho ke bhi itna galat decision lol. Don't tell your future kids that you let go of an opportunity to go to London and get that passport in the future that would have given them ability to move and work in almost all great countries just becauuse you were too comfortable in your current job
@Imnewhere bro, at Google you can literally transfer to any country you want whenever you want, without even Interviews. It's not like this offer is a "once in a lifetime opportunity" for me
Meta+Google on your resume is massive. Go for it, it's not about the money at this point.
If you're into travel, it's so much easier to travel around Europe while being in Europe.
You can always come back to India when you want.
Neo1
Stealth
5 months ago
Flexing ka tarika kafi kejul hai!
Bhai take the good opportunity, you can always come back to India whenever you want . Work for an year or two and see if it works for you
The title and experience will be enough to secure your career , Striver bhi warsaw Gaya tha 1 year ke liye par aa gya waapas
Haan... tbh, pay in Poland is almost equivalent to pay in India so doesn't make sense to stay there... Also Google is hiring aggressively in Poland, Brazil and India rn
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