Which offer to choose and how much can I stretch?
Current Company: Fintech Unicorn YOE: 3 Current Comp: 28 (23 fixed + 5 perf bonus) Mode: Hybrid Role: SDE2 Backend
Razorpay
Base: 34 Variable: 0 JB+RB: 4 Stocks: 24 (25%, 25%, 25%, 25%) Team: New Team, product under development, Benefits: Insurance (includes 3), Accidental Insurance, Free Office Meals Mode: Hybrid Tech stack: Golang
Pros:
- New product
- New lang golang
- Highest offer Cons:
- low on revenue low on scale got to know many members had left and the remaining one are seeing, the team has high rate of attrition or may be people leaving. not sure about WLB
Negotiation: Done once, increased offer by some %
InMobi
Base: 35 Variable: 0 JB+RB: 3 Stocks: 16 (25%, 25%, 25%, 25%) Benefits: Insurance (includes 3), Accidental Insurance, Free Office Meals, regulary parties and outing Mode: 5WFO Team: Critical Team, core revenue-generating one Tech stack: Core Java
Pros:
- Generates major chunk of revenue
- very high scale, said to be avg tops of ~2M/sec
- relatively stable
- Good WLB
Cons:
- most of the times, product is under maintenence and new features are lesser in numbers, so work can be stagnant
Negotiation: Asked but saying, its final, tried adding a bit more on the stocks
Groww
Base: 31 Variable: 3 JB+RB: 0 Stocks: 12 (25%, 25%, 25%, 25%) Benefits: Insurance (includes 3), Accidental Insurance, Team: New Team, product under development, Tech stack: Java Springboot
Pros:
- Profitable, but relatively less revenue generating then the core business
- 1-10 product in development stage
- low attrition rate and better WLB
Cons:
- low on scale work similar to current org
Negotiation: Didn't tried till now
ConcentricAI (SeriesB, profitable and in space of data security)
Base: 33 Variable: 0 JB+RB: 0 Stocks: 8 (25%, 25%, 25%, 25%) Benefits: Insurance (includes 3), Accidental Insurance, regulary parties and outing Team: Dynamic Team, high growth, a lot to learn and grow. Tech stack: Java Springboot
Pros:
- Working quite well in the niche and picked several large clients
- very high in scale and the amount of data processes and analysis
- ~0 attrition rate and
- startup WLB (not that bad, talked to some people), good people
Cons:
- Bit lesser compensation
- Work can be sometimes hectic
- No bonuses
Negotiation: Tried, but they are saying that will break their team parity but saying that if u works well, there is no bar, people get 30%-40% appraisals as well
Which one should I choose? I am considering the fact that few months from now, I will have appraisals also.
Note: Kotak Offer in discussion, interview cleared
Note: Also, can you pls help me with the compensation bracket generally these companies offer and how much I can stretch them?? Considering in all the companies the interviews were almost flawless.
