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I got H1B Visa and 83000 USD dollar petition amount as annual package.I am confused as this amount will be enough to survive there with wife and 7 year old daughter.My wife is working here and together we are earning 50LPA annual.We are settled here by owning house too.Confusion is my wife will not be able to work there on H4 Visa so the kind of life we are living here will not be possible there.Thoughts?Suggestions?Pros and Cons?
When did you receive your signing bonus?
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Only guarantees are death and taxes!! If it is a bonus it is always discretionary! If you assume it guaranteed in your financial planning - be mindful of the risk. I wouldn’t count on it always and plan my outflows based on the base.
Discretionary, in terms of contract law, means just that: it could be zero. So I wouldn’t count on it. Especially this year.
Left for PE. You can pretty much assume that's what your bonus will be in MM. I was a little uncomfortable as well when I left but bar a major fuckup that's what you'll get.
Find out what the bonus is based on. Is it your performance or company performance. You have a lot more control over one of those things.
That was the first year associate offer for PE mega funds about 10 years ago, second year was 175/175. Not sure how mm was back then or how it translates now, but it’s a data point for you.
^ OW1 is right. Even when you get the bonus, there often seems to be substantially more taken out in taxes than expected. I learned this the hard way with my ZS signing bonus (and first YE bonus)
I think bonuses being taxed more is the #1 most common misconception
congrats. Is it an offer for the deals or the ops team
nice. Why’s the interview process like? Did you had to do a lot of networking to land the role
Take it!
You should think of it as your baseline expectation. Btw - is it CB?
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The 125k bonus should be your expectation / baseline assumption. It’s standard for first year PE associates. There is downside risk but that’s likely a low probability scenario.
If you don’t mind me asking, what COL are you in and how much YOE? Trying to figure out what I should expect.
Offer in Bay Area, I will have 2 yoe when starting