Joining series A vs Series B startup? /u/needjesus471 CSCQ protests reddit

Hello people!

I have got two offers – company A is a series A($20 million) startup providing 90% hike along with esops. They are in the AI security space and deal with enterprise clients(though they have only 3 atm). They have 19 investors. Established in 2022. Fully remote and is established in US. Employee strength is 45. As per employees, work pressure is expected and I’ll be working directly under the CEO.

Company B is a series B startup providing 50% hike along with other benefits such as education reimbursement and own laptop. Also remote. They have 3 investors and raised total $35 million and established in 2019. They are in compliance space and have 1000s of clients but most of them are SMBs and startups. Work pressure is pretty decent and WLB is good according to employees. They have a good automation team so I’ll be part of an already established team. Established in SF and the co founders have experience in building startups.

I’ve worked at early stage startups before and it was kind of uncomfortable. One had a too casual CEO who would go under pressure on the smallest of my mistakes(even when I’ve filed a ticket for it). Another startup had a CEO who demanded a “quality work” and just refused to explain what he wanted so I had to figure things out myself. Both of these experiences were good for me though the interaction with the CEOs were really bad. Because of this reason I’m a bit hesitant to join company A.

With company B, they have received funding 6 months ago. I fear the usual pattern of hiring and firing will take place as they are on a hiring spree since the funding.

With series A, they have asked for 5 days/week(sometimes 6) and their laptop will track my activity while working.They are spending and hiring a lot for research in the AI security space and they are developing their own models. All the AI engineers are from US, some from prestigious universities. But the work pressure will be more and the benefits by B will not be there except for medical insurance. Regardless of this they have raised series A half the funding of B within a year of founding.

A is providing esops, B is providing none.

A has only 5 Glassdoor reviews in which work pressure is repeated multiple times. B seems to have decent Glassdoor reviews.

A has very recent employees like 4-6 months. B has employees working since 2-3 years.

B matched A’s offer after discussion. And then A increased the offer making my hike upto 110% if I join with them.

I’m confused on which one to go with.

Thanks for your help!

Hello people!

I have got two offers – company A is a series A($20 million) startup providing 90% hike along with esops. They are in the AI security space and deal with enterprise clients(though they have only 3 atm). They have 19 investors. Established in 2022. Fully remote and is established in US. Employee strength is 45. As per employees, work pressure is expected and I’ll be working directly under the CEO.

Company B is a series B startup providing 50% hike along with other benefits such as education reimbursement and own laptop. Also remote. They have 3 investors and raised total $35 million and established in 2019. They are in compliance space and have 1000s of clients but most of them are SMBs and startups. Work pressure is pretty decent and WLB is good according to employees. They have a good automation team so I’ll be part of an already established team. Established in SF and the co founders have experience in building startups.

I’ve worked at early stage startups before and it was kind of uncomfortable. One had a too casual CEO who would go under pressure on the smallest of my mistakes(even when I’ve filed a ticket for it). Another startup had a CEO who demanded a “quality work” and just refused to explain what he wanted so I had to figure things out myself. Both of these experiences were good for me though the interaction with the CEOs were really bad. Because of this reason I’m a bit hesitant to join company A.

With company B, they have received funding 6 months ago. I fear the usual pattern of hiring and firing will take place as they are on a hiring spree since the funding.

With series A, they have asked for 5 days/week(sometimes 6) and their laptop will track my activity while working.They are spending and hiring a lot for research in the AI security space and they are developing their own models. All the AI engineers are from US, some from prestigious universities. But the work pressure will be more and the benefits by B will not be there except for medical insurance. Regardless of this they have raised series A half the funding of B within a year of founding.

A is providing esops, B is providing none.

A has only 5 Glassdoor reviews in which work pressure is repeated multiple times. B seems to have decent Glassdoor reviews.

A has very recent employees like 4-6 months. B has employees working since 2-3 years.

B matched A’s offer after discussion. And then A increased the offer making my hike upto 110% if I join with them.

I’m confused on which one to go with.

Thanks for your help!