Pinterest L4 offer - yay or nay?
Currently L4 at Google. TC: ~240k$. Pinterest L4 offer: 170k$ base, 500k$ equity over 4 years. At the moment, I'm siding with Google because I'm not sure how the stock will perform over 4 years so that 500k might very well turn out to be 250k (kind of an exaggeration but the risk factor still holds). Curious to know what you, the blind community, thinks.
How comfortable would you be with the offer if you discounted the equity by 30%? That's a possibility for any preipo company. Ipo price might be ok but you never know what will happen until the lockout period expires.
Thanks for the response.
Consider (a) insignificant refreshers at Pin and (b) immediate vesting at Google vs 1 year cliff at Pin (c) time value of money (i.e you won't see any of that $500K till 2020)
Thanks for the input. Hadn't thought of a) and b). Major deal breakers.
YOE? That’s a great base for L4
Is there a significant difference in the commute time? This is an underappreciated aspect when it comes to evaluating offers.
Google has cash bonus and better refresh vesting schedule so your comp at google should be similar to Pinterest, right? Pinterest stock is only paper money. Why would you even consider joining?
What the fuck is Pinterest anyway ? How are they going to make money in the medium term ? It's a fuckin unicorn
I’d take it
Also read https://us.teamblind.com/s/KjZmjw8q
While I would normally say f that the comp offer is good. If you live in SF I would consider if not then meh
Google. And your RSU may also double at Google, considering promos, refreshers, stock prices