BouncyDonut

Brand over compensation?

Considering the following two offers:

IBM Training location: Bengaluru After completion: PAN India Role: Associate System Engineer Comp: 4.5 LPA with 25k joining bonus.

Product based MNC with 2-5k employees worldwide. Office in Bengaluru. Role: Associate Product Engineer Comp: 9 LPA

If you compare the compensation, then it feels like a no-brainer decision.

But IBM is more recognisable and I feel it might add weight to my resume for future switches.

Passed out in 2023. Only intern experiences previously.

Any advice?

9mo ago

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PerkyBanana

Stealth9mo

Product based MNC. Always choose a product based company over a services company.

BouncyDonut

Stealth9mo

Can you specify why?

SillyDonut

TCS9mo

Service company will sell/rent your mind, product based will use your mind.

JumpyRaccoon

Bollywood9mo

"But IBM is more recognisable"

Yes, recognisable to your parents, relatives, neighbourhood uncles and aunties. They can even be proud. Tangible value will be nothing more than "0".

Skillset and money is what is important. Your IBM in resume will not guarantee you a huge hike during your next job search. It is better to have a higher package in hand today and get a marginal hike and still feel better in the future, while there is no certainty on how the job market is going to behave.

GroovyBoba

X (formerly Twitter)9mo

Pick the product company, this ain't 1980s nobody cares about IBM

SillyDonut

TCS9mo

Choose latter one.

ZestyBiscuit

EY9mo

Most people’s dream is to work in product based companies including me. In product based companies you get good WLB. There is no such thing as brand company, any company can fire you any time. And also IBM brand doesn’t fetch you any crown on head. If I were you I would have chose product.