Job Offer Comparison Template

Compare job offers: base, bonus, equity with total compensation formula, benefits, growth, risks, weighted scoring

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Cara menggunakan: Use when you hold two or more job offers. Copy figures from the written offers and set the weights before scoring. The main pitfall is valuing private-company equity at face value.

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Job Offer Comparison: [Offer A] vs [Offer B] vs [Offer C]

Side-by-side comparison of job offers covering pay, equity, benefits, location, growth, team and risks, with weighted scoring and decision notes. Based on common career-planning practice. This is a personal decision aid, not financial or tax advice; confirm figures with the written offers and a qualified adviser.

Field	Offer A	Offer B	Offer C
Company	[Company]	[Company]	[Company]
Role and level	[Senior Engineer, L5]	[Title, level]	[Title, level]
Offer date	YYYY-MM-DD	YYYY-MM-DD	YYYY-MM-DD
Response deadline	YYYY-MM-DD	YYYY-MM-DD	YYYY-MM-DD

1. Compensation

Use the same currency and a yearly view for every offer. Annualise equity by dividing the grant value by the vesting years.

\text{TC}_{\text{year}} = \text{Base} + \text{Bonus}_{\text{target}} + \frac{\text{Equity grant value}}{\text{Vesting years}} + \frac{\text{Sign-on}}{\text{Years you expect to stay}}

Item	Offer A	Offer B	Offer C
Base salary	[amount]	[amount]	[amount]
Target bonus (% and amount)	[10%, amount]	[%]	[%]
Equity type	[RSUs / options / none]	[type]	[type]
Equity grant value	[amount]	[amount]	[amount]
Vesting schedule and cliff	[4 years, 1-year cliff]	[schedule]	[schedule]
Sign-on bonus (clawback?)	[amount, 12-month clawback]	[amount]	[amount]
Yearly total compensation	[TC]	[TC]	[TC]
Example: Yearly TC	150,000 + 15,000 + 160,000/4 + 20,000/2 = 215,000	170,000 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 170,000	135,000 + 10,000 + 80,000/4 = 165,000

For stock options, use a cautious value per share (for example the last preferred price discounted by 50% or more) minus the strike price.

2. Benefits, location and work

Factor	Offer A	Offer B	Offer C
Retirement match	[%]	[%]	[%]
Health and insurance	[Coverage]	[Coverage]	[Coverage]
Paid leave	[days]	[days]	[days]
Learning budget	[amount]	[amount]	[amount]
Location and work mode	[Hybrid, 3 days]	[Remote]	[On-site]
Commute (time per day)	[minutes]	[minutes]	[minutes]
Growth and promotion path	[Notes]	[Notes]	[Notes]
Team and manager	[Impression]	[Impression]	[Impression]
Risks	[Funding runway, layoffs, reorg]	[Risks]	[Risks]

3. Weighted scoring

Score each factor from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). Weights add up to 100. The weighted score is $S = \sum_i w_i s_i / 100$ , on a 1 to 5 scale.

Factor	Weight	A score	B score	C score
Compensation	[30]	[4]	[3]	[3]
Growth and learning	[25]	[3]	[5]	[4]
Team and manager	[20]	[4]	[4]	[3]
Work mode and location	[15]	[3]	[5]	[2]
Stability and risk	[10]	[4]	[2]	[5]
Weighted score	100	[3.6]	[3.9]	[3.3]

4. Decision notes

Gut feeling after scoring: [Which offer feels right, and does it match the scores? If not, which factor is missing from the table?]
Negotiation points: [Ask Offer B for a sign-on bonus to close the gap.]
Open questions for each company: [Question, who to ask, by when.]
Decision: [Offer chosen] on YYYY-MM-DD because [reason].
Declined offers answered politely on YYYY-MM-DD.

Standard and licence note

Based on common career-planning practice for comparing job offers. Original text written for this collection; example figures are fictional. Not financial, tax or legal advice. Template licence: MIT.

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