Finally we can talk about comp offers! Lol

Someone should make a comp/offer thread 👀

2Y ASC | Big Tech | 6 YOE with MBA | 260k TC in HCOL

Won’t go into too much details so I don’t dox myself

2+9 ASC when I left

ASC | 8 YOE (now 9) | MBA

Growth tech, b2c, F50 | Senior Manager | 170k | 20% bonus | 25k RSU awarded every year vested over 3 years | Total comp 230k | HCOL

Pre-firm: Recruited for 3 months, got this role via referral, I had very relevant pre firm experience for this role.

Not super happy with comp (2.3% base pay increase??!!!) but can make it work, impactful projects, solid cred now, I’m a people manager. They’re applying my perm this year.

1Y EM | 4-9 YOE depending if you include grad school

Offers
Industrial | 275 TC | MCOL
Tech | 330 TC | HCOL

Accepted the second one; cold applied

Tenured AP | Big Tech | 600k TC offer (+ increase in initial RSU grant value)

My suggestion for template is:

TENURE:

McK Role | Total YOE | Advanced Degree

OFFER(s):

Industry | Title* | Base | Bonus% | Other comp** | Approx. Total Comp | H/M/LCOL

ADDITIONAL CONTEXT:

Pre-Firm experience, length of recruiting time, how you got the role***, context on location if helpful

*Title can be generalized/sanitized
**e.g., Stock, Sign-on, etc.
***cold apply, referral, Firm network etc.

Illustrative Example:

TENURE:

ASC | 8 | MBA

OFFER(s):

Tech | Senior Associate | 135 | 15% | 70K RSU/4 years; $5K relocation | 180 | MCOL

Tech | Corporate Strat. Manager | 160 | 20% | RSUs | 220 | HCOL


ADDITIONAL CONTEXTt:

6 years industry pre-McK, 4 months of recruiting, cold applied. Accepted second offer.

2Y C I Big Tech I 9 YOE with Masters I 350k TC in MCOL

3 Y Asc | 11 YOE but unrelated to business / consulting

Offers
F500 strategy team lead | 170K base | $220k TC
TECH GTM | 150k base | 170k TC - didn’t accept | fully remote

AP | 11 YOE | LS 680 TC

EM | 5 in consulting, 4 industry | Masters

Health tech start up | VP | 190 base | 10% bonus | 100% virtual

Recruiting time - 1 month, 5 interviews. Firm network

East coast (not a major city). Never rated less than very strong at the firm. Hoping the stock options end up working in my favor. Happy to take the pay cut if though because guaranteed no working >45 hrs a week.

3Y ASC | 8 YOE

Offers
1. F500 brand strategy | 200k base | $255k TC
2. LS GTM | 235k base | 330k TC - accepted

EM | 0+6 (3+3 total tenure) | 11 YOE | MBA

PE portco ops general manger (P&L owner)
TC $364K ($220K base, 20% bonus, $500K equity w/ 5 year vesting period) in LCOL city.

Couldn’t be happier

2Y BA | 3 YOE | Master

OFFER(s):

Tech | AI Solution Architect | Base: 160k | Bonus: 10-25% Base| Equity + Signing Bonus | Approx TC: 180-200k| HCOL

ADDITIONAL CONTEXT:
Joined firm as a BA right out of college (did bachelor and 5th year master program at same college), work focus is on tech - particularly data and AI, left firm at 2+0 to join BizOps at a Consumer Tech company pay was 135k (recruited over by Firm alum) then left after ~1 year for this offer (C-Suite at offer company is also ex-McKinsey), took ~4 months to land this role, location is HCOL Tier 1 city

Lol please hire me if you’re looking for a direct report. That’s insane if real

What’s COL?

F

3y ASC | 9 YOE | MBA

Big SAAS | Strategy Director | 200k | 20% | 20k RSU/yr | 260k tc | HCOL 10k signing bonus

2Y AP
Offer for 75% remote 25% travel
7 YOE MBA

Tech/SaaS/Funded startup basically
800k TC, all of it is 100% base
EVP

Just kind of stumbled across something interesting and went through their process and got the offer.