[quote=flu]Lol, you’re lucky to even get the recruiters to bite by them offering you a 15-25% bump. In recent times, I’ve never been successful getting them to even offer that. I must have done a decent job negotiating my package here in SD because whenever I get a recruiter to call from the bay area asking me to relocate, I mention the cost issue with the bay area, and they immediately tell me about the 15-25% bump. But then when we actually start talking about numbers, they end up saying 15-25% is too much and then try to tell me about “pre-ipo” shares when some of the companies are only in the 2nd stage of funding…. And of course, good luck trying to get an early stage startupto offer with pre-ipo shares with a non-dilution clause..Most enginerds aren’t important enough for them to do that. I had one recruiter that asked me if I was sure my comp was in SD markets….lol… I guess this also means that when/if I do get axed, I’m going to need to take a significant paycut down here…Because when you turn 40ish, it’s never a question if, it’s a question of when…lol….[/quote]15-25% is in the whole range of experiences and across all the companies. Google and Facebook would pay you 20-25% more. Startups probably will pay you 0% more but pitch the IPO options. Apple is probably in the 10-15% range. So, again, it really depend on which company. QCOM increase your salary by 10-15% if you relocate from SD to bay area. I know other companies that give you a similar 10-15% COL adjustments for the move.
