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In this climate there is not much to negotiate to be honest. Every company is trying to layoff and having an offer is a blessing.

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It’s not great. $120K + 15% bonus + $5K signing + ~12K equity is what I got after 1 YOE in consulting

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For mid size company $120k + 15% bonus is good. It can be a bit better with sign-on bonus. ((For Google/Amazon, no, that’d be a terrible offer.))

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It sounds like a good fair offer to me then

That sounds like it sucks honestly. Might as well wait it out in consulting and exit later.

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I might ask for either 130k base or a 10-15k signon to offset the decrease in pay. Don't think they'll pull the offer for that request.

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