Would you take an offer for a position that you got lowballed on i.e. they'll pay less than promised (because they say you're a little lower than the level we want) which is still more than your current but the company is less stable (startup) and also has a really bad Glassdoor rating?

If you don't mind to look for an other job in the next 1,5 years and only want more money, I would go for it.

You could get a raise quicker in the startup if you can show them you are above the level.

Initial reaction is no, but as always it's so much more that plays into that choice. Like your gut.

if they pay less than promised, they're assholes. and will try to screw you up in several other ways.

don't even think about taking that job.

Quite a few red flags in that explanation... I'd go no...

@Grumm Thanks, while money is important I feel I have better chances at current job to getting higher raise than taking this small raise to switch to higher risk company. Thanks for input, idr mind searching more either so should be fine

@ScriptCoded Gut was all over the place, glassdoor feeds into Gut and I saw news of performance of company is just ok so far, but I thought perhaps it is startup so it is fine, but just iffy.

@tosensei True, friend said a promise is worth nothing and they will just keep lying to you, so makes sense

@atheist Thanks, yeah def red flags there, I just wanted to be sure as I didn't know if this is common or can happen and isn't that bad etc

@pandasama The lower pay is not that common.

But as a startup it is common that they pay more, they first want people. And as long as the investors give money, they have a ton of it to burn.

I've seen it with a friend. Amazing pay, he worked a lot, they did a lot of parties and other 'team-building' stuff and that lasted for 2 years.

No profit, expenses were to high. He got a nice bonus at then end and they tried to find a new business model or product to make. It is always a gamble...

@Grumm interesting, this is a late stage startup and recently had taken a fat loan from a big bank apparently (I had previously thought this was investment but it wasn't) so I wasn't very sure on the financials, the dude kept assuring me they've already done their layoffs and I'm just replacing a dude who already left so my budget is accounted for, which makes it worse when they downplay the money lol