In his post, the techie explained that his existing role offers a ₹ 57 lakh base salary with no bonus. He works completely remotely from Madurai and takes home around ₹ 3.24 lakh a month.
It includes a ₹ 62 lakh base salary, a target bonus of ₹ 6.2 lakh and around $50,000 (approximately ₹ 48 lakh) worth of RSUs over three years. The techie revealed that his monthly take-home would be around ₹ 3.76 lakh. He estimated that the arrangement would involve around 40 round trips a year and nearly 20 hours of train travel every week. That’s 4 trips a month that you need to pay for at least 2 days of stay, outside food, and hectic travel.
He shared that the new offer is for a Staff Software Engineer position at a major public US SaaS company. “Why do you want to suffer for barely any increase from your current pay? Who is going to pay for the accommodation in Bangalore? It’s simply not worth it,” wrote a third user.
The techie said that rather than relocating to Bengaluru, he is considering keeping his family base in Madurai and travelling between the two cities every week. His plan involves taking an overnight train to Bengaluru on Monday night, working from the office on Tuesday and Wednesday, and taking an overnight train back to Madurai on Wednesday night.
