Karthik Jolapara, a developer at JP Morgan, shared a screenshot of a profile on , received an attractive salary offer from Google. According to the screenshot, the man was offered the role of Senior Software Engineer and the offer included a salary of Rs 65 lakh per annum plus an annual bonus of Rs 9 lakh, a signing bonus of Rs 19 lakh and a relocation bonus of Rs 5 lakh.
While sharing the screenshot, Jolapara wrote in his post, “What can 10 years of experience get you? Crazy offer.”
This post was posted on September 28 and at the time of writing it has been viewed more than 1.27 lakh times. There have been a lot of comments on the post, in which some people were surprised, but some believed that this number is minor.
One user wrote, “Am I the only one who isn’t thrilled to see these numbers? I mean, aren’t these common in tech? Am I missing something?”
Another user wrote, “It seems reasonable but not surprising.” While one user wrote, “Tier 3 college with no CS background? That’s impressive. Not sure if there’s an offer or not.”
One user wrote, “10 years of experience?? I think he is throwing lowball…he can get more…60-65 base is very common nowadays…6-7 years A person with tenure will have that kind of basis….”
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