Brand over compensation?
Considering the following two offers:
IBM Training location: Bengaluru After completion: PAN India Role: Associate System Engineer Comp: 4.5 LPA with 25k joining bonus.
Product based MNC with 2-5k employees worldwide. Office in Bengaluru. Role: Associate Product Engineer Comp: 9 LPA
If you compare the compensation, then it feels like a no-brainer decision.
But IBM is more recognisable and I feel it might add weight to my resume for future switches.
Passed out in 2023. Only intern experiences previously.
Any advice?
Talking product sense with Ridhi
9 min AI interview5 questions
"But IBM is more recognisable"
Yes, recognisable to your parents, relatives, neighbourhood uncles and aunties. They can even be proud. Tangible value will be nothing more than "0".
Skillset and money is what is important. Your IBM in resume will not guarantee you a huge hike during your next job search. It is better to have a higher package in hand today and get a marginal hike and still feel better in the future, while there is no certainty on how the job market is going to behave.
Pick the product company, this ain't 1980s nobody cares about IBM
Choose latter one.
Most people’s dream is to work in product based companies including me. In product based companies you get good WLB. There is no such thing as brand company, any company can fire you any time. And also IBM brand doesn’t fetch you any crown on head. If I were you I would have chose product.
It’s a no brainier. The second one. You’ll actually learn more and get paid more. The skills will reflect later when you switch companies. Nobody gives a crap about IBM anymore tbh
Bhai aankh band karke choose product company. Once you get into service company it's quite hard to get in a product based.
Bro since you are fresher always go for product base even if you are getting less package always product base you get to learn so much.
Just like everyone here has already said, product based company definitely
Pick product based