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Microsoft Acquisitions
- Microsoft Gaming Acquisitions Are there any mmonalities between the hiring process? I wanted to join Msft as a SWE now and was wondering if it would be easy to transfer or atleast get an interview with their gaming acquisitions like Bethesda Are the hiring processes for all of them entirely disconnected from the parent company
- vote Microsoft Activision Acquisition Net positive or negative?
- #acquisition #linkedin #microsoft Folks in Linkedin! What happened to your RSUs after being acquired by Microsoft? What was the impact on their price and how were you compensated? Could anybody share information on it?
- link Microsoft in acquisition talks with GitHub Makes sense? May be if leads to tighter integration with azure but what about vsts ?!? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/microsoft--github-acquisition-talks-resume.html
- Where LinkedIn is going after Microsoft Acquisition? Anything from LinkedIn and MSFT guys? What do you think after 1 year of Acquisition?
- Microsoft - Tiktok Acquisition Business/Technical Feasibility Sharing a list of questions I have around on how it will play out - 1. The discussion is predominantly around buying US operations. What does that mean? Will there be a new app in app store for US users, i don't think how otherwise business/engg will be separated. 2. If yes, then who gets to keep n
- How do MSFT employees feel about LinkedIn acquisition now? How do you msft employees feel that your acquisition LinkedIn has better perks, comp,etc.? I’m assuming they will converge at some point.
- Will ATVI/Blizzard get retention bonuses after MSFT acquisition? Considering a position at Blizzard currently and I saw how Bungie will be receiving retention bonuses/benefits from Sony. Do we expect the same to happen to employees at ATVI at the time of the acquisition? Just trying to understand if this is normal or expected and what benefits I might see accept
- How is benefits and culture in LinkedIn after Microsoft acquisition Just curious to know how Microsoft acquisition affected LinkedIn salary/culture/benefits. Please share your thoughts and experience
- Microsoft SWE teams that interface with gaming acquisitions- Bethesda, Activision Are there any SWE teams that interface with bethesda and the other gaming acquisitions? I would like to work for one of them :) #microsoft #bethesda
- Possibility of layoffs in Microsoft and LinkedIn after acquisition Any thoughts?
- vote Oracle vs Microsoft, who is more prestigious now after Tiktok acquisition? TC:300k
- vote How high will Microsoft stock go after tiktok acquisition is announced? #microsoft #tiktok #bytedance #walmart
- How did the equity packages convert between LinkedIn and Microsoft during the acquisition? For example did a LinkedIn engineer with $200k of LinkedIn RSUs get that grant directly converted to $200k of Microsoft RSUs? Prior to the Microsoft announcement, LinkedIn shares were trading at $131. Since Microsoft bought LinkedIn at $196 per LinkedIn share, LinkedIn employees should have instant
- LinkedIn friends, what did your Microsoft retention bonuses look like after the acquisition closed? How long after were the bonuses given? How much were you given? What was your role/level?
- vote After github acquisition do you think MSFT will build a browser on top of chromium? Github created electron. VS code base on electron and become a huge success. Meanwhile MS has a broken IE and shitty Edge browser that goes no where but keep losing share to Chrome. How likely will MS build another browser on top of chromium?
- link Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard for $68,700,000,000 Guess the horrible company culture and sexual harassment scandals didn’t scare them off. Are we happy about this? Who will be the next acquisition? Roblox? https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch
- vote FAANGM of hedge funds/prop shops/HFT’s This list is loosely based on desirability, TC, WLB, headcount, and interview difficulty: Facebook (Meta) = Jump Trading Amazon = Citadel & Citadel Securities Apple = Two Sigma Netflix = Hudson River Trading Google = Jane Street Microsoft = DE Shaw Some exceptional startup that makes all of its e
- Mandiant Acquisition. Thoughts? Curious what people think about the 5.4bill acquisition. Is it really going to help Google? #Google #Microsoft #cybersecurity #mandiant
- What happens to RSUs if the company is acquired? I work at Activision Blizzard and will have ~60K of unvested RSUs when the MSFT acquisition goes through. What will happen to those after the acquisition? TC: 220K YOE: 5 #activisionblizzard
- vote Will MSFT buy Zoom? I am an unofficial predictor of industry M&A and I think yes, you? In reference to - https://www.businessinsider.com/cloud-companies-takeover-targets-acquisitions-this-year-google-microsoft-amazon-2022-1 Blind Tax - 265 CAD #tech #acquisitionscience #m&as
- vote MSFT buys Nuance for $16B Thoughts? https://apple.news/A641aaeDcQbuxibPj7mFUKQ #Microsoft #acquisition
- Are the rumors of MSFT buying a majority stake in FB true ? Supposed to pave way for biggest acquisition in the history of acquisitions in future. I got to know this from friends who work at MSFT.
- Will Twilio get acquired? I have read online that with the acquisition of Segment, it makes Twilio a potential acquisition target for the big players (i.e Salesforce, Adobe, Microsoft). Thoughts? #Twilio #acquisitionscience #question #salesforce #adobe #microsoft #segment
- vote Activision Blizzard equipment Is it only old Microsoft (acquisition) laptops or can I get a good Mac Book Pro? TC: 220K #microsoft #activisionblizzard
- Will MSFT benefits carry over to Blizzard? With the acquisition, will Blizzard obtain MSFT benefits ?
- link Microsoft to buy Activision for 67b https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch Congrats to all the activision employees on their new Microsoft WLB.
- What if one of the FAANG would acquire Blind? #acquire #msft #acquisition #google #facebook #amazon #apple #privacy
- link The Verge is reporting Microsoft has acquired GitHub https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/3/17422752/microsoft-github-acquisition-rumors Supposedly an announcement to come tomorrow
- what's the deal between Trump and Microsoft? first Pentagon project, then tiktok acquisition. is Microsoft pro Republican?
- GitHub rumors I heard that Microsoft is starting to put the squeeze now that acquisition has completed. Any truth to this?
- Github payout from Microsoft as an engineer How much did you guys get out of the Microsoft acquisition? Let's list it as 1. years at github 2. level 3. amortized annual total comp given the result of the acquisition
- vote Guess what's the next company Microsoft will purchase? Considering that what we buy today is so unpredictable, let's try to guess the next acquisition Microsoft will make. Add more suggestions in comments.
- How does LinkedIn grant RSU now? Did they not offer it since the acquisition or they offer MSFT instead?
- link RIP Hipchat https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/26/17619482/slack-hipchat-acquisition-stride-atlassian-partnership-microsoft-teams-competition
- Should I stay at yahoo or join LinkedIn I got an offer from LinkedIn yesterday. Is it a good time to join LinkedIn after MSFT acquisition or should I stay at yahoo and do more interviews?
- vote Microsoft Activision Anti Trust Do you think MSFT gets their acquisition through the regulators? Now that the regulators are actually half serious about enforcing anti trust.
- LinkedIn offers after acquisition How much compensation can a software engineer with 1 year experience expect to be offered at LinkedIn after the acquisition by Microsoft in the SF bay area? What about paid time off days? I read some people saying they were offering unlimited days before the acquisition. Will that change? Do you t
- Are LinkedIn employees now forced to use Windows Wondering after Microsoft acquisition for LinkedIn. Are they now forcing employees to get rid of their Mac laptops and use Windows instead? Just curios
- Msft engineer trying to join lnkd I'm planning to switch from Microsoft(Redmond) to LinkedIn(SF bay). They do have different interview process; want to check if anyone has been in the process and what happens with the stocks? Anyone went this route after acquisition? And leveling(pre acquisition employees please contribute for this
- Microsoft recallibering pay Well after Saturdays hint on big news (acquisition) on my last thread... Here is the second one.... .. Microsoft is considering pay levelling this year in Oct.
- Meta cancels VR/AR Project Is meta planning a major acquisition? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/meta-platforms-stops-vrar-software-operating-system-project-report-2022-01-05 #meta #nvidia #unitytechnologies #microsoft#engineering #software Blind Tax: 300+
- What level is an 'Applied Research & Data Scientist ll' in Microsoft? Do startup acquisitions abide by the mothership Microsoft system? What kind of pay level does this title imply? does it even work that way?
- vote Microsoft Acquires Nuance As regulators seek to dismantle FB, Apple, Amazon, & Google 🔎 Meanwhile in Microsoft land... 🤑😂👏😉 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/12/microsoft-hunts-for-big-acquisitions-as-antitrust-spotlight-on-rivals.html Will Microsoft inherit the earth 🌎?
- What are they notorious for? Google is notorious for downleveling hiring and steep promotion path Amazon is notorious for toxic pip culture Meta is notorious for awful metaverse plan Microsoft is notorious for killing Nokia and bunch of terrible acquisitions Netflix is notorious for not giving RSU What about others?
- Making a move to LinkedIn Considering MS acquisition is it a good time to move to LinkedIn? How is the moral these days? Any big changes? Need your advice please.
- Microsoft L64 offer at silicon group (atx) Hi everyone, I just got an offer from Microsoft in Austin, TX for the silicon group L64 173k base salary 80k sign on (updated from 60k originally) 350k stock over 4 years (updated from 250k originally) Perf bonus up to 30% tc 252k overall/ 15 YoE Offer is less in base salary, short of 7k of my
- Hiring freeze and then $7bn Mellanox? Nvidia : 1. There was discussion about hiring freeze, cost cutting and revenue down! 2. $7b biggest acquisition in Nvidia history. Isn't contradict? Why you loosing creditability? MSFT, Intel lost bid.
- LinkedIn turning into MSFT? Hoping to hear from some LinkedIn engineers about how MSFT is handling the acquisition so far. Has MSFT left LI alone, leaving the engineering culture in tact, or do you guys sense MSFT is taking things over and will soon make it the MSFT way?
- Microsoft Employee Discounts Microsoft employees, please help me share a bit about available employee discounts: - On laptops (Surface book / Lenovo 910) - Xbox - On softwares (Windows) (With LinkedIn's Microsoft acquisition about to complete and Black Friday around the corner, I am trying to plan my shopping strategy :) )