She's first year Post-MBA from a top 10 MBA program, and she just landed a Technical PM role at FAANG. Her base is $200k + a minimum guaranteed $150k cash bonus + $400k of RSU's with a vesting period of 25%/25%/25%/25%. Every year she will receive RSU's to replace the vested amount plus some. She works 9-5 and is in NYC.
Pretty impressive stuff. That said she is pretty fucking smart
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Also she is 27
What is the point of the guaranteed bonus? I mean don't get me wrong it, just seems weird that it would be guaranteed and written in that way.
Also is the RSU 100K invested at the current market value or is it a specific amount of stock from day 1?
You should marry her so you can lock in her comp :)
Is your goal to flex that your super smart GF makes more than you or what's the point you're trying to make here? Why would anyone care about how much people in tech post-MBA are making w/o some sort of context to connect it to finance?
Edit: This is fake. Comps #s don't match up, check Blind or the other tech career sites that map out comp progression.
Very much real for NYC, can’t speak to other locations
We all know you're either full of it or gullible and being lied to by GF about her comp, you can stop. Comp progression in tech is more clearly defined than most of the jobs in finance talked about on this forum, really not hard to verify that your numbers are wrong. Unless she's moving into that role from a unique circumstance like she had her startup acquired or something (which is doubtful if she just finished MBA) then this is 100% wrong.
This thread is gonna get bombarded by jealous IBers working 100 hour weeks that think they should be the only ones seeing that comp.
To that I say, get fucked, nerds.
That's more than the pay of the highest level TPM at FAANG.. also normally at that level base is much higher.. something doesn't add up here..
Have love the username
Senior Technical PM
Lol kids acting as though finance/ consulting and tech are comparable and that people equally want to/ are able to do both. To be able to get to those levels in tech you have to be absolutely obsessed with it, whereas any Chad with a bit of testosterone who likes money can research and apply to decent roles in finance or consulting. It's like comparing teaching and plumbing, just completely different worlds
This is not true
Agree with above, these numbers are just not right and the split is not accurate to how they structure it. FAANG are big companies with standardized comp ranges, this isn't some hedge fund hiring a savant
Go on Blind for some real salary numbers... total comp first-year MBA is in the 200-250 range for this type of role
Most definitely not true. PMs at Amazon are clearing $300-350k all in first year out of MBA
Lol either way your gf's comp range is supposedly minimum $450k year 1 and you've now haircut that by $150k and narrowed it to one company. Most 1st year MBA FAANG guys are not making $300k.
To be clear you can make a lot of money in tech but these numbers are just straight up wrong. It's like if some kid came on here and saying GS offered them $200k base and guaranteed $200k bonus to be a first year analyst. It's just not how this shit works... all of the numbers are standardized
Coincidentally, my husband is in one of these roles and these numbers are false. Try again OP.
The girlfriend
assuming this is true i have bad news bro
your gf is definitely doing her boss, and probably whoever is charge of hiring/comp in HR too
Definitely not true. I presume only one of the FAANGs could afford to dish out this much.
I attended Wharton for my MBA , and as it as at other m7s, there were many folks takings internships/jobs as PMs. There was a running joke that amazon would bring a few busses to campus to fill up spots as every god damn person would be going to Amazon for the summer.
Do you think a company like Amazon would be paying that much salary to their PMs? Btw comp is pretty standardized for MBA grads. You might come back saying it's a different tech firm, in which case your argument would further break down, as only faangs have the wherewithal to pay high salaries and no chance they are paying that much to every grad
Tldr: op Is full of shit
might be a good idea to figure out what else your GF is lying to you about
Average Harvard MBA makes like $220k their first year out excluding signing bonus. And it’s not the finance jobs bringing down that average.
https://fortune.com/education/articles/some-harvard-mba-grads-made-near….
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