[seanmcdirmid]

Ah, I really don't believe you now since much of that income is going to be from a once/year stock grant. There is no way you could tell how much they were making by looking at their paycheck (well, pay stub, who gets paychecks anymore?).

If you saw their w2 or 1040, your claim would be more credible, since that's when most of us learn how much we actually made in the previous year.

[glimshe]

My "claim"? I don't know what else to say, buddy. You believe me if you want, I help my friend with taxes so I've seen everything relevant and simply called "paycheck".

I'm trying to be nice to you by sharing information you can use in your future negotiations, but it seems you're just angry you are not making as much as my friend. Maybe next time I should just let you leave 100K+ on the table and go on with my life.

Also, doesn't Google famously have an internal spreadsheet where people share their salary anonymously? You can check that too if it still exists.

[deanmoriarty]

The paycheck statements at my FAANG include the amount of RSU vested YTD, and each vesting event generates a separate paycheck as well. Vesting schedule is also typically monthly these days, with no initial cliff. What is yearly is any refresh grant, but then even those vest monthly.

If you look at one you have a pretty good way to extrapolate the expected TC for the year.