Interview with the creators of levels.fyi

Re:Interview with the creators of levels.fyi by joshuamorton on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:57PM (#20207306)

Just as an FYI, my understanding is that Google, FB, and MS all offer 25% annual vesting with no cliff, the exact vesting schedule depends (for Google, for example, it depends on the exact grant, but a 400K grant would vest monthly). Amazon offers a 5/15/40/40 backloaded vesting schedule, but cash bonuses in years 1 and 2 to compensate (sort of).

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Re:Interview with the creators of levels.fyi by opportune on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:45PM (#20209615)

Maybe I don't know exactly what cliff vesting is, but while Microsoft doesn't backload vesting, it does do vesting in chunks (like once a year iirc). And as another commenter pointed out it doesn't kick in until 6 months. But at places like google the vesting is monthly and starts after the first month.

Also one quirk of microsoft is since they have a half-title promotion system, as I understand it, it's normal to get refreshers on years 1-3 through a 4 year vest after a half-title/one-level promotion.

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Re:Interview with the creators of levels.fyi by shitlord on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:29PM (#20209552)

Amazon comp drops significantly after the 4th year, unless you happen to get promoted twice before the end of your 4th year.

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Re:Interview with the creators of levels.fyi by huac on Monday June 17, 2019 @05:07PM (#20207400)

I know Google has no cliff, is that also true now for the others?

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Re:Interview with the creators of levels.fyi by joshuamorton on Monday June 17, 2019 @05:25PM (#20207536)

My understanding is that Google dropped their cliff after facebook. I think MS is still on 6 months, but that's just their vest schedule.

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