Re:Lessons from Stripe
by SaberTail on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @12:03PM
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I'll agree that it was better than most.
I still feel like they wasted my time. I told them my compensation expectations up front, went through the entire interview process, and then got an "non-negotiable" offer about 30% under what I told them.
They tried to justify it based on a very optimistic valuation of their equity. I'm already working at a unicorn that skimps on salary with the promise of the equity being worth something, and it would have been a significant cut in take-home pay to accept their offer.
I still feel like they wasted my time. I told them my compensation expectations up front, went through the entire interview process, and then got an "non-negotiable" offer about 30% under what I told them.
They tried to justify it based on a very optimistic valuation of their equity. I'm already working at a unicorn that skimps on salary with the promise of the equity being worth something, and it would have been a significant cut in take-home pay to accept their offer.