I have an offer from Msft for an L65 PM role and will be getting one from Google shortly for an L6 TPM role. The Google role is with their GCP central capacity planning team, Msft with their SharePoint OneDrive team. I don't know Google's offer yet. So far I really like the team and manager at msft, but haven't met the team at Google's Kirkland office. When I asked about doing that, the request was ignored. Aside from the benefits and comp, any insight into how interesting the work is at Google GCP capacity planning? Is it primarily new region planning? Any thoughts on growth areas there and whether and why you'd choose msft vs Google? YOE: 13 TC: 400 L6
What is your level in Amazon ? The comp is amazing. That is dumb if they ignore your request. You can't make a decision based on blind feedback. I would talk to the hiring manager and understand the scope of work before making a decision.
Currently L6 at Amazon. I was able to talk to the hiring manager on the phone, just not meet the people I'd be working with daily on site. The scope seems good enough, but the team is the unknown.
@hsosyeno is right. Ignoring your request would be a red flag to me. I don’t know much about the team but being in deep learning, there was a lot of aggressive recruiting for me, and in the end I chose the team with the people I enjoyed being around. I look at it as, if you’re a strong candidate, more experience will only make you stronger, and leaving to a diff company will always be an option for top candidates.
Don't join SharePoint. It's a dumpster fire
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I'm a little surprised to hear this. From the team members (of course could be biased) they say they are growing fast in terms of moving from on-prem to the cloud. Also, they said they get high scores on their manager feedback assessments.
I wouldn’t join SharePoint OneDrive team, it’s not a very career advancing group anymore.
Google is what I would vote for since better culture and comp.
Capacity planning is a bit of a shit show, I’ll be honest. I don’t know much about sharepoint team but I think the perks at google make it the better choice. You get free shit and can just ignore people when the shit hits the fan
I@google-bmtr45.. I'm in process for interviewing for Capacity planning, it seems the hiring manager is new as well to managing people, and didnt sound perfectly "google culture" types... not too friendly and quite superior sounding and dominant... This is for a role in india- they are expanding capacity planning team and establishing a team in india.... can you share a bit more insights of what to expect if I join? Is travel often? they said its not customer facing team! what are the future prospects?
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Culture and perks way better at Google. Behind on cloud and understaffed though so not as cushy as other parts of Google. Quality of coworkers on average is better at Google which makes working with them less frustrating. New leadership and lots of change if you can stomach that vs relative stability at Microsoft. I would expect L6 Google comp to be much better than L65. Also of note is Google Cloud team will be consolidated to SLU office later this year.
The entire team is moving to SLU? I read in the news that they are expanding the Kirkland office??
Haha. Really ? A co-worker just joined Kirkland Google cloud and was bragging about his reduced commute ... He is going to be pissed if this is true. :)