Cool products to work on and good experience. Remote work is easy if that is something you want.
Work just as hard as other tech companies for less money. You have to make senior or else you will eventually be let go.
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?
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...Read more
Has Microsoft done any layoffs of employees of the companies it acquired? LinkedIn, Github, Skype, Nokia etc. were acquired by it. Were employees let go post-acquisition? #microsoft #github #linkedin #nokia #layoffs Yoe: 6 TC: 305
I'm holding Activision Blizzard. It will be acquired soon I believe. What will happen to the stock? Does it automatically cash out at the $95 / share or does it convert to MSFT share? If it does convert, what does the hold time carry forward? I've been holding for 6 months already. #msft #msfts...Read more
What companies are likely to get acquired in the next 1-3 years by FAANG companies and Microsoft?
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
Anyone from Microsoft Digital Cloud Acquisition Team here? Need to get some information about this team.
Does anyone know how much stocks Uber gave MSFT employees as a part of acquisition? For ppl who don't know the full story- https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/uber-acquires-part-of-bings-mapping-assets-will-absorb-around-100-microsoft-employees/
There are some rumors that Microsoft or Opentext might acquire Hyland by the end of the year. Does anyone have any idea on how likely this is going to be?
How do you msft employees feel that your acquisition LinkedIn has better perks, comp,etc.? I’m assuming they will converge at some point.
Anything from LinkedIn and MSFT guys? What do you think after 1 year of Acquisition?
I got an offer to join Microsoft following the acquisition of a startup I was working for in the UK. - Base: £150k ($180k equiv) - Bonus: 0-40% - RSUs: $75k, 1/4 available after 1 year. - LTI awards and sign-on bonus: $120k within 6 months. Looking at other L66 offers here on Blind people have gott...Read more
Hi all. Got an offer to join Activision and wondering what might happen to the leveling and comp package when they get acquired by Microsoft. Anyone here who has gone through an acquisition of their company? Specifically two things: 1. Level. My offer is for a Sr Product Manager, which looks like 6...Read more
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...Read more
Any insight or opinions on today’s The Information/Sarah Kuranda article on the possibility of Microsoft targeting FireEye early in 2018?
They bought Fungible almost a year ago now but I haven't heard of them actually *doing* anything with that IP. Is MSFT Hardware team making a new DPU using Fungible IP? #hardware #semiconductor #infrastructure #networking YOE:15 TC: 350
Asking as a ABK employee as it seems close to reality as this point #gaming