PeppyHamster
PeppyHamster

Early age startup Marketing role.

I am currently interviewing for a role that really excites me. The product and the problem excites me too.

The option is to take a pay cut or go in on equity. How do I negotiate my way through this? What are the important questions to be asked? How do I ascertain that I am not cheated on with fair remuneration?

16mo ago
Talking product sense with Ridhi
9 min AI interview5 questions
Round 1 by Grapevine
SwirlyMochi
SwirlyMochi

Simple answer, Don't - skip it, no matter how good company is.

You are de-valuing your experience, further if they really want you then they will match the offer you asked for.

PeppyHamster
PeppyHamster

Thanks for the advice.

PeppyUnicorn
PeppyUnicorn

This is very tricky.
How about questions regarding timeline to get the salary at market level? What sort of assurances can they give regarding the same? Perhaps a paper trail/something in written for the worst case scenario. Quite the trend, riding on the back of a funding winter. They want work to get done but don't want to pay fairly or pay at all.

If you have that conviction that the risk will pay off, well and good. But still, be careful.
If the business model is solid, PMF is sorted, that's at least something to be hopeful about. But meandering across business pivots, constant churn are as bad as they come.

PeppyHamster
PeppyHamster

Thank you for the paper trail idea.

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