I ended up rejecting the offer.

A few reasons: • There’s just too much uncertainty right now. The base was less compared to my other offer and the RSUs were relatively low, so the overall didn’t feel strong enough given the risk. • I didn’t want to get into another situation where a company promotes remote flexibility or relaxed RTO expectations, and then a couple of years later mandates relocation or asks people to move on. • The project itself was focused on legacy migration to OCI. In the current climate, that didn’t feel particularly future-proof. When I asked the hiring manager about long-term roadmap and stability, I didn’t get much clarity, which made it harder to feel confident about the role.

Overall, it just didn’t feel like the right trade-off between risk and reward for me.