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Amazon vs Microsoft
- vote Microsoft Vs AWS New Grad Microsoft Base: 112.5k RSU: 70k (3.5 years) Sign on: 20k 20% bonus AWS Base: 129k RSU: 96k Sign on: 37.5k Haven’t even begun negotiations with Microsoft but damn why did they lowball me this much?? #tech #msft #microsoft #AWS #Amazon #Google #facebook #meta #oci #Netflix
- vote Amazon vs microsoft Kind people of blind help me decide. Current L6 PMT at amazon : decent manager terrible wlb. Have been working on 2-3 high impact products from an org perspective. At the same time I have an offer from microsoft L64 - team seems fine based on my conversation with them. Should I stay back at amazo
- vote MS vs Amazon interview difficulty? Having done both I think MS is harder but my friend disagrees. #tech #microsoft #amazon
- vote Microsoft vs Amazon AWS offer Amazon AWS - L5 SysDev - first 6-12 months in NYC, then apparently I'm allowed to go remote (tried to negotiate fully remote) TC - 315k Microsoft - 62 SRE - fully remote TC - 230k Scared of PIP and terrible work life balance at Amazon, but the TC is way higher.
- vote Microsoft vs Amazon I received offers from Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, both in Bay Area. Please help me decide. Microsoft L60: 139K base 120K stock 30K sign-on (20K first year, 10K second year) Amazon L4: 165K base 20 RSU 35K sign-on (20K first year, 15K second year) #microsoft #amazon
- vote Amazon vs microsoft offer Canada Amazon L5 (client security team, toronto) Base: 145k stocks: 35 sign-on bonus: 100K-2 years TC: 205k/year (fixed) Microsoft L-63 (vancouver) Base: 145k stocks: 140k sign-on bonus: 35k- 2 years TC: 195+ (yearly bonus 10%) ~205K (not guaranteed) first 2 years and and 190K for 3rd and fourth year YOE
- vote Amazon Vs Microsoft for Product Manager Just finished final rounds with Amazon & have final rounds with Microsoft next week. Expecting to get offers soon & would appreciate any insight on which is better for Senior Product Manager? Likely will be L6 at AMZN & at least L63 at MSFT. I have 5 YOE at Apple & another FAANG. The role at AMZN i
- vote Microsoft VS Amazon Offer evaluation I got 2 offers. 1. Microsoft - SDEII - L62 Total comp - 187k per year + performance bonus upto 20% Base - 142k Signon Year1 - 15k , year2 - 10k Stocks - 120k over 4 years(25% each year) Role desc - Full Stack developer C#/React Location - Bellevue,WA 2. Amazon - SDE I - L4 Total comp - 208k /year
- Amazon vs Microsoft New Grad Amazon - TC around 160,000 (Seattle WA) Microsoft - TC around 140,000 (Redmond WA) I hope to maximize career growth and learning I will start working on OPT and hope to apply for GC asap as I am from ROW Would appreciate your thoughts. Thank you. #amazon #microsoft #newgrad #sde #software
- vote Amazon vs Microsoft Few years ago, I made terrible mistake of choosing Boeing over Amazon. Now that I am still in my 20s, I am considering career move to either Microsoft or Amazon. Which in your opinion is better career move for business role? Mostly concerned with TC and growth.
- AMZN vs MSFT I have offers with Amazon and Microsoft and I am not sure which I would prefer. *Other than salary/TC* what are some notable experiences or tradeoffs between the two companies? Any insights are greatly appreciated!
- vote Amazon India vs Microsoft India in 2022 please look at the images and tell which one offer should I take. Also please give reasons of your choice. Thanks. YoE: 0(fresher) Update: images removed due to privacy concerns. #tech #amazon #microsoft #apple #google
- vote MSFT vs GOOG/GOOGL vs AMZN Is GCP going to be profitable? Is amazon retail going to improve? AWS still king or is the blue one going to surpass it? Which stock is the one to own next 10 years TC 112 L61 SDE Redmond CosmosDB
- Microsoft vs Amazon benefits I work for Amazon. We are a family of 4 and I was covering the entire family for Medical Dental and Vision. I was paying 574 dollars per month for this. Wife got a job in Microsoft and we found that her benefits would cover all of us just for 150 dollars month. I double checked the details but I c
- PIPs at Microsoft (Connect) vs Amazon (OLR) Recently joined Microsoft and was curious about the Microsoft Connect process which I have to undergo with manager as a new hire. Coming from Amazon, is it similar to the OLR process where employees are typically shit scared of? I still have Amazon OLR PTSD and hope it's not the same at Microsoft
- vote Microsoft L61 vs Amazon SDE1 Edit: Just signed with Microsoft! Recruiter came back with 30K additional stock. Final offer: 132K base, 110K stock, 20K sign on. Not the best offer out there but good enough for me. At the end, it wasn't really about the TC anymore, I just wanted to come out on top. I couldn't join a company feelin
- MSFT vs amazon vs compass Hi guys Please advise. thanks! MSFT L62 webxt group, work for recommendation system, seems not new tech stack. I think it is not core business in MSFT, TC:210K, can it be higher? Amazon L5 AWS security, I like cloud, but not very interested in security. TC 260K Compass SDE2 data platform, new gr
- vote Amazon vs Microsoft vs Google Here's the deal. I'm an L4 SDE (basically data engineer) in the Bay making 122k base and 62k stock (at current price). Loathe the team/work but might get promoed in Q3 and switch teams Have an offer from MSFT, L60 SDE in Redmond for 120k base, 32k stock/year, 10% bonus, 15k sign on. I think it's lo
- vote Microsoft vs Amazon Yes
- vote Amazon vs Microsoft vs Salesforce These 3 companies appears same tier and gives around same TC in both Seattle and Bay Area. Given same TC, which one would you work for ? TC : 170K YOE : 5
- Microsoft vs Amazon Just cleared Microsoft Engineering team on-site. I’m confused if I should join Microsoft or stay with Amazon. One main factor I’m confused about is that, Amazon has recently applied for my Perm. I think it will take ~100 days for a response from USCIS and then additional 6 months for i140 to get ap
- vote Amazon vs Microsoft Offer I just received an offer from Amazon and Microsoft, both is in Canada Everything is in CAD below Amazon AWS (L4 Vancouver) TC 158k Base 122k Sign-on 60k over 2 years RSU 85k Microsoft (L61 Vancouver) TC 160k Base 113k Sign-on 25k RSU 160k I haven't negotiated with either yet YOE: 2.5 Current T
- vote Prestige: Microsoft VS Amazon Which company has better overall prestige? Which company's employee you want to hire?
- vote New Grad : Uber India vs Microsoft India vs Amazon India I am a 2022 grad and hold the following offers Uber : Salary : INR 21 Base Signing Bonus : 2L Reallocation : 2L Stock : 31.5L over 4 years ( 7.8L each year) Bonus: (2.15 min-4.3L max) Benefits : Free Uber rides worth 44K Total TC First year: 35L Microsoft : Salary: INR 14L base Signing Bon
- MS vs Amazon Is ME level 66 same as Sr manager level 7 at Amazon?
- Amazon vs. Microsoft Why do Microsoft employees hate Amazon and vice-versa while still swapping jobs between the two?
- vote Amazon/Microsoft vs startups If you had offers from Amazon/Microsoft or offers from growing startups that have a good chance of IPOs (Figma, Carta, Ironclad, Gong, Verkada, Canva, Udemy, Gitlab...), what would you choose?
- Microsoft vs Amazon TC comparison I keep hearing that MS pays peanuts but when I compare the TC components + benefits I feel MS mostly beats Amazon if the base difference is not too big! Microsoft has BASE + Sign on Bonus + sign on stocks (25% each year for 4 years) + Annual performance bonus + Annual performance stock refresher +
- Microsoft offer vs Amazon I work with Amazon currently as SDE1. Expecting a promo to SDE2 in next quarter. I recently got an offer from Microsoft for 61 level. The TC for Amazon (without considering hike for sde2 promo) is higher because of stocks. Microsoft won’t negotiate any further. Any recommendations on what I should c
- vote Compare AWS vs Microsoft offer Company: AWS, L4 SDE location: NY, team: AWS Connect, Base: 175K, Sign on: 50K over 1 year, 40K on 2nd year. RSU: 38 stocks ( 133K ) TC: 230K Company: Microsoft, L60 SDE, Location: Fully Remote, Team: MS SQL DB team ( Azure org ), Base: 141k, Sign On: 30K, RSU: 130k ( Vesting 25 percent e
- link PayPal vs Amazon vs MSFT level Looking for help in comparing PayPal EM level up till VP of Engineering in comparison with Amazon or MSFT. Checked level.fyi but they don’t have good comparison on EM roles. #engineering
- Amazon vs Microsoft I have offers from Alexa skills team (tc 160k+) and Microsoft cloud services (150k+). Which option is better for new grad to relaunch the career (have 2+ years of work experience back in India)?
- Amazon Vs Msft scope Does Amazon have more scope compared to Msft? SDE1 Vs SDE1, SDE2 Vs SDE2.
- vote Amazon Dublin vs Microsoft Dublin I am a fresh grad with a BTech + MTech and 18 months of internship experience. Microsoft is verbally offering me a L60 role with the following comp - Base - 62200 euros -> 70000 euros Base updated to 70000 euros after final negotiation Stocks - 67800 euros across 4 yrs with equal vesting Bonus
- vote Microsoft India vs Amazon India Please help. CTC offered difference is around 6 lakhs Current CTC : 25L + peanuts stock. Offered : around 50L where 30L as base.
- vote MS vs Amazon I got offers from AWS and MS(Not Azure) . Need help in deciding Current TC- 223k AWS- 248k first year (L5) Base- 153k MS- 260k with 15% bonus target (L64) Base-170k
- vote Amazon vs Microsoft offer evaluation Current TC- 18.5 Yoe- 2 yr Location- Bangalore Amazon - base 20lpa + 8l jb+ 15k stocks Team Santos Microsoft - base 20lpa + 4l jb + 32k stocks Team CosmosDB Both locations- Bangalore #software #engineering #swe Any opinions appreciated.
- vote Amazon vs. Microsoft Hello All, I have two offers from Amazon and Microsoft. Both locations in Seattle. This is my first full time job with the five tech giants. I will need sponsorship in the future. Education: MS YOE: 1 Microsoft: Level: 59 Base: 115K Sign-on: 20K RSU: 90K over 4 years (25% each year) Yearly Bonus
- vote Microsoft L61 vs Amazon L4 vs Roku Received offers from 1. Microsoft SDE 2 (L61) - Azure - $210k base+signon+stocks 2. Amazon L4 - $225k first year 3. Roku - Sr. SE - $235k (Uninterested in this role) I have a few more interviews coming up but Amazon just finished the H-1B transfer and hence running out of time Location:- Bay Area
- vote Apple vs Amazon vs MS new grad Where would you rather work at as a new grad assuming similar TC? This would only be for a few years. Post why in the comments. Note: For ICT2, Apple’s Pay is hourly so if you put in more hours, you get overtime
- Amazon vs Microsoft vs Twitter I have an offer from Amazon and Microsoft and have an onsite with Twitter. Which companies would you choose in terms of career growth #amazon #microsoft #twitter #engineering #software #swe
- vote Apple vs Microsoft vs Amazon newgrad Apple in the bay, IS&T TC: 120k/80k over 4/20k sign Microsoft Redmond, Office backend TC: 117k/75k over 3.5/25k sign Amazon Seattle, unknown team TC: ~136k Reasons are helpful, I’m not really sure of the CoL difference between Seattle vs Bay
- Microsoft vs Amazon? Will Microsoft pay as much as Amazon? I have most of my career in Microsoft tech where I am pretty strong. I have been at Amazon for a while but I don't feel like I belong here. Plus when I was hired I was down leveled one step due to some internal politics. I was told clearly about that once I join
- Google vs Databricks vs AWS vs Facebook vs Microsoft #engineering #software #swe Got offers from Google, Databricks, AWS, Facebook, and Microsoft Which one should I take, without considering TC (which I will post in another thread), if I want to have maximal career and skill growth and moderate WLB? I want to ideally work with intelligent and supp
- Amazon Edinburgh vs Microsoft India Hi Blind Community, I am a new grad from India graduating this year. I have offers from Microsoft India and Amazon Edinburgh. Please help me choose. Microsoft India : Salary: ₹14 Lac Signing Bonus: ₹5Lac (2.5 L First Year + 2.5 L 2nd Year) Stock bonus: $30,000 vested over 4 years Bonus: Performance
- vote Microsoft vs Amazon vs Intuit vs Google For a 3 YoE, considering TC is not a major blocker, which org is better in terms of: Work life balance Learning Tc 30 Yoe 3
- Amazon vs Microsoft levels How do levels equate (non tech) between Amazon and MSFT. Is L6 = 63 snd L7= 65?
- vote Amazon vs Microsoft Recently got an offer from Amazon for SDE 2. Currently I am L60 in Microsoft. Should I stay in Microsoft or go to Amazon? TC in Microsoft is 175K. For Amazon, it is 250K. For Amazon, it is AWS. #amazon #career
- vote Apple vs Meta vs Amazon vs Microsoft, where would you prefer to work? where would you prefer to work ?
- vote Microsoft vs Amazon [India] For SDE-1, Which one is better in terms of 1) WLB 2) Quality of work 3) Career Growth Please give some pointers for the same. 1. I've heard amazon seller side is good. Any idea? 2. How's quality of work and tech stack at microsoft? Current TC: 🥜