I have just received 2 offers for SE2. One for MS Azure and other for EADP Ecomm & Identity. MS in Redmond and EA in Redwood City. The confusion is that I want to work for MS. I personally love the work and have no idea what and how EA is doing. But, EA is ready to pay an extra ~60k per annum in TC. Does anyone has any insights of EA ? I am looking for info related to Work Life Balance/Visa/Growth/Job Security.
You need to consider cost of living and income tax. Redwood City is expensive and California has income tax.
Also, benefits are important too.
What’s your offer at EA? I can tell you good/bad. I know eadp c&i very well.
Sorry, I don't wanna give the numbers. Although any insights would be really appreciated....
Isn’t Blind all about TC or gtfo :) ?
Microsoft is probably better over all. Great company all around. Refreshers stink though. I have no idea what EA offers in terms of refreshers and benefits. But the WLB and the large array of projects to work for will keep you occupied for quite some time at MSFT.
Thanks 😊
That extra 60k wouldn't matter much when you consider cost of living + state income tax between Redmond and Redwood City
I am kind of planning a move as well to somewhere else than BayArea.
EAs commerce and identity team is a disaster. I would not join that team for any amount if extra $$$. Ibut job security wise EADP is a very good place compared to rest of EA All those stories you may have heard about EA servers going down recently are from c&I and the oncall is as bad as it can get. Not to mention all the politics
I really appreciate the insights. Declined the offer today. I received pretty bad reviews for EA. And you are right about Job Security bcos whoever I met during the interview was thr for almost 7 yrs ....
Do you know how is EADP, Production Infrastructure and Engineering team?
Can confirm EA is shit show
What offer did you end up taking?
MSFT
What role/team?
Azure BigData. Not joined yet. Maybe in Oct....
Can you please share the offers
Sorry, I don't wanna reveal numbers ....