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PrancingJellybean
PrancingJellybean
Moengage

What to pick (Bolt EU vs Japan based Telco)

Have offers from Bolt (Estonia) and a new age telco in Japan. Approx monthly savings post tax in INR Bolt - 2.2 lakhs Japan - 3 lakhs

Role wise, both are interesting. Culture wise, Bolt looks much better. Bolt has 50% WFH option and relatively less stressful work.

What would you choose and why?

Bolt
Japan based telco
41 votesexpired
13mo ago
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ZippyPancake
ZippyPancake
Stealth13mo

Bolt is a no-brainer. Better wlb, $ upside, culture and future employability

BubblyLlama
BubblyLlama
Circles13mo

Agreed. What do you think about overall Europe being saturated, and SEA a growing region, should that be taken into account?

ZippyPancake
ZippyPancake
Stealth13mo
  1. EU is not saturated for Tech, it is saturated for Industrials (and products). EU has great visibility for Tech even in UK & US
  2. Japan is not SEA and the Tech scene is not as mature
QuirkyUnicorn
QuirkyUnicorn
Limeroad6mo

Hi @CreepyNoodle, I too have an offer from Bolt, but for the role of a growth Analyst. Can you tell me how the company, the culture and the country is, in general? How has life been in general for you in Estonia??

PrancingJellybean
PrancingJellybean
Moengage6mo

Hey, I didn't take Bolt. Got another offer in Dubai and took that one

ZoomyPanda
ZoomyPanda
CARS245mo

How did you land that opportunity from Dubai ? Which company if you can share .

FluffyPanda
FluffyPanda
Stealth13mo

Congratulations! Care to share how did you land these offers?

PrancingJellybean
PrancingJellybean
Moengage13mo

Bolt was through referral and Japan based role through a LinkedIn Inmail. Ofcourse, months of prep and interviewing at a dozen companies

JazzyBagel
JazzyBagel
Stealth13mo

Both are bad. Read about Estonia before taking a decision. And be ready for a culture shock in case u choose Japan

PrancingJellybean
PrancingJellybean
Moengage13mo

Can you expand a bit more on Estonia? Couldn't find any red flags when I enquired

QuirkyNugget
QuirkyNugget
Stealth13mo

What kind of role is this?

PrancingJellybean
PrancingJellybean
Moengage13mo

Both are product roles. One is a SPM (Japan) the other is PM (Bolt)

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