Offer gut check please:

Securities & governance role at a fast-growing public tech company. VHCOL market, 4 days/week in office.

Comp: $210k base, no bonus, plus ~$110k in RSUs vesting over 3 years.

4 YOE and this would be my first in-house role. Legal team is very lean, so the role would likely extend beyond traditional securities/governance work. The stock has struggled recently, which may affect the value of the equity upside.

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I do think this is in line what you should expect. My wife went in house 2 years after big law as a securities role for a similar public tech/media company. Started at 165k base + 20 bonus + 40in RSUs. Now it’s about 180k base + 25 bonus + 40s in RSUs each year after about 2 years at the company.

VHCOL 3 days in. Lean legal team but she was dying to leave big law.

Based on what I see on LinkedIn, I think pubco in house roles don’t pay as much

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This is pretty much market for 4YOE and no previous in-house experience

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I would not take this unless you really need to get out of biglaw.

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Seems low for pubco securities in VHCOL with 4 days in office. Basically 250k TC yearly. You should be getting a bonus to hit 300k annual TC for that role. But you are at the very junior stage of the YOE, so if you need to escape BL it’s not a hell no.

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Treat equity as zero and as your entree in house. Aim to jump within two years unless you get promo or a significant equity refresh (which is very unlikely barring promo).

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They said the stock has struggled recently. So I assumed saas company affected existentially by ai. If not disregard my advice.

It’s not the best but it’s definitely not bad. If you like the team and think you’ll learn a lot, it’s worth taking if the hours aren’t crazy. If you are working more than 40 hour weeks, I’d hesitate.

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It’s low for VHCOL and SEC work. No bonus is crazy. Could be worth it if you’re desperate to get out and willing to make a fast follow move within 1-2 years though.

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