I currently work at a big tech company as a senior SWE. I’ve been here 1 year. TC is $250k. Good company, good team, WLB is good, and nothing to complain about. I’m not sure what my career trajectory looks like here, but it will always be great money for the area.
From what I can find online, and what I’m told, this company has never done “real” layoffs. They fire people individually before they get to that problem. (You know the layoffs on this sub where 500-2,000 people are laid off overnight.) I’m a top performer so I’m not worried about being let go, not to say it couldn’t happen.
I have an offer from a traditional F500 business for a senior SWE role that would be a $50-70k raise per year. Due to the location difference, I would have a 25-minute longer commute each way. After the additional expenses of commuting and other “stuff” related to the change, it would be a net ~$45k raise per year… all in stock. From what I read online it’s a good company to work for, but they tend to do layoffs (not PIPs).
In my mind, taking the other offer sounds like a no-brainer because more TC > less TC; however, if I were let go from the new company, I don’t think I would have the ability to make the same money I’m making today. The company I work for is not known for boomeranging. The only reason the F500 is commutable is that they offered to let me work half days the 2 days a week I would go to the office to offset the additional time (~1.5h each eay).
Thoughts on what I should do? My main question I am asking myself: Is more money worth the additional layoff risk?
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r/cscareerquestions I currently work at a big tech company as a senior SWE. I’ve been here 1 year. TC is $250k. Good company, good team, WLB is good, and nothing to complain about. I’m not sure what my career trajectory looks like here, but it will always be great money for the area. From what I can find online, and what I’m told, this company has never done “real” layoffs. They fire people individually before they get to that problem. (You know the layoffs on this sub where 500-2,000 people are laid off overnight.) I’m a top performer so I’m not worried about being let go, not to say it couldn’t happen. I have an offer from a traditional F500 business for a senior SWE role that would be a $50-70k raise per year. Due to the location difference, I would have a 25-minute longer commute each way. After the additional expenses of commuting and other “stuff” related to the change, it would be a net ~$45k raise per year… all in stock. From what I read online it’s a good company to work for, but they tend to do layoffs (not PIPs). In my mind, taking the other offer sounds like a no-brainer because more TC > less TC; however, if I were let go from the new company, I don’t think I would have the ability to make the same money I’m making today. The company I work for is not known for boomeranging. The only reason the F500 is commutable is that they offered to let me work half days the 2 days a week I would go to the office to offset the additional time (~1.5h each eay). Thoughts on what I should do? My main question I am asking myself: Is more money worth the additional layoff risk? submitted by /u/whoopsservererror [link] [comments]
I currently work at a big tech company as a senior SWE. I’ve been here 1 year. TC is $250k. Good company, good team, WLB is good, and nothing to complain about. I’m not sure what my career trajectory looks like here, but it will always be great money for the area.
From what I can find online, and what I’m told, this company has never done “real” layoffs. They fire people individually before they get to that problem. (You know the layoffs on this sub where 500-2,000 people are laid off overnight.) I’m a top performer so I’m not worried about being let go, not to say it couldn’t happen.
I have an offer from a traditional F500 business for a senior SWE role that would be a $50-70k raise per year. Due to the location difference, I would have a 25-minute longer commute each way. After the additional expenses of commuting and other “stuff” related to the change, it would be a net ~$45k raise per year… all in stock. From what I read online it’s a good company to work for, but they tend to do layoffs (not PIPs).
In my mind, taking the other offer sounds like a no-brainer because more TC > less TC; however, if I were let go from the new company, I don’t think I would have the ability to make the same money I’m making today. The company I work for is not known for boomeranging. The only reason the F500 is commutable is that they offered to let me work half days the 2 days a week I would go to the office to offset the additional time (~1.5h each eay).
Thoughts on what I should do? My main question I am asking myself: Is more money worth the additional layoff risk?
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