**Education:** B.Tech in Computer Science from Tier-1\n\n**Years of Experience:** 1 year, 1 month\n\n**Prev Comp:** 30 LPA (24.5 lakhs base salary + 2.5 lakhs Retention bonus + 3 lakhs performance bonus)\n\n**Date of the Offer:** July 2021\n\n**Company:** Google\n\n**Title/Level:** SWE 2 - Level 3\n\n**Location:** Hyderabad, India\n\n**Salary:** 20.4 LPA\n\n**Stock bonus:** $50K stock grant vested over 4 years (33%, 33%, 22%, 12% vesting across 4 years)\n\n**Performance Bonus:** 15%\n\n**Sign-on bonus:** INR 3 lakhs\n\n**PF:** INR 1 lakh\n\n**Gratuity:** INR 40k\n\n**Total Comp:** INR 37.06 LPA (20.4 base + 12.2 stocks + 3.06 perf bonus + 1 PF + 0.4 Gratuity) + 3 LPA Sign-On Bonus in first year\n\n**Benefits:** Standard Google Benefits\n\n**Competing Offer:** None\n\n***Need suggestions on negotiation:***\n* What should be my overall strategy for negotiation? How much can I aim for?\n* How much total TC can I negotiate for?\n* Should I negotiate for a higher base (as they gave a base 16% lower than my current base)?\n* Should I negotiate for a higher stock bonus? How high can I go?\n\nAny other suggestions would be welcome.\n\nThanks!

Education: B.Tech in Computer Science from Tier-1\n\nYears of Experience: 1 year, 1 month\n\nPrev Comp: 30 LPA (24.5 lakhs base salary + 2.5 lakhs Retention bon