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Hi all, I’m in tech and lucky enough to receive 2 offers. Offer 1: Public sector, annual base salary around 80k but TC likely to hit 100k with bonus which I heard >3 months is quite common. There’s a significant sign on bonus as well Offer 2: F500, annual base salary around 70k with less than 10k stock per year and bonus capped at 3 months I know the long term prospects of the private sector are a higher ceiling and more technical growth, and that’s probably why public sector is trying to offer more upfront. In this economy and market, the stability is tempting as well and the higher amount in earlier years can be invested as well. Would love to hear opinions on which you guys would take and why.

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I would take offer 1, less likely chance of layoff with increased pay sounds like a win win.

+1 take offer 1 until interest rate drop further (less likely to be more than 1 more time by the fed this year). F500 tech companies have constant annual layoff and reorg lately, until that changes you should minimise the risk by joining the public sector.

If you are confident in your ability, work in private sector. Salary growth is much higher, your profile is elevated (for next job) and generally, workplace is more enriching. If you are looking for job security, work in public sector. But note that once you are in public sector for too long, finding a job in private sector is more difficult.

am thinking if its just salary growth, why not take the offer 1 with higher TC, jump after 1/2 years.

Possible. But do too often and HR/recruiters will label as "job hopper". Should treat job hop as ammo that should be conserved and used for 20-30% pay jumps.

to be honest, job hopping is the norm now. 1-2 years and hop is okay i feel. even in gov ppl are rotating every 2-3 years to prevent stagnation.

No doubt, I agree it's quite common nowadays especially among the younger generation. But it works against you when you reach mid/senior level (15+ years). If your resume shows 3-4 jobs and plenty of internal promotions within those organization, recruiters like it. But if it shows 10+ jobs with almost no internal promotion, it won't be good.

yep agreed. thats why the ‘new meta’ is jump right after every promotion. which can be hard tbh haha.

How old are you? In general, offer 1 if you are late in your career (for the stability), offer 2 if you are early in your career (for the upside). But I would heavily factor in what you think you can learn in each opportunity, and care less about the money (which isn’t that different in the grand scheme of things)

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