just closed my Intuit offer so sharing the numbers. senior SWE, payments platform team, Mountain View hybrid (2 days/week in office). base: $195k annual bonus target: 15% (prorated first year) RSUs: $220k over 4 years, monthly vest after cliff signing bonus: $30k
total year 1 rough: ~$280k. year 2+ closer to $250k after signing disappears. no cliff for RSUs which is unusual and i like it.
negotiated base up from $185k. they had a bit of room but not a ton. comp band was clearly capped somewhere. didn't move on bonus. signing was actually easy to negotiate up from $20k.
for context i'm converting from contractor (1099) so i had to factor in benefits value. their health plan is solid, which matters more to me now than when i was younger.
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numbers_only
monthly vesting with no cliff is genuinely underrated. that's a real structural advantage over standard quarterly vesting. more liquid, no forced holding if you leave at month 11. good deal.
finance_faye
15% bonus target but prorated first year, what does the payout history look like? at a lot of companies bonus "target" is 80% of target in practice. did you ask about historical payouts?
contractor_kai
recruiter said recent payout years have been at or above 100% of target because of strong financial performance. i'm taking that with a grain of salt but it's not zero signal. they're a profitable company with predictable revenue cycles which helps.
pm_priya
for a company with that size and that stability, year 1 ~280k is competitive. you're not going to see FAANG numbers but you're also not going to get PIPs every quarter. different tradeoff.