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Microsoft Layoffs
- Got laid off today - didn't see it coming I have been working at my company for 6 months now as a ux designer - I joined as a fresh graduate... my boss and clients all loved my work so I am more than sure it's not because of my performance talking to my colleagues for a couple of weeks before this happened all of us felt that the work had
- Rippling Series D Round || Hiring across multiple verticals Rippling just announced a massive series D funding round (https://www.rippling.com/blog/rippling-raises-250m-in-series-d-funding). It is quite impressive given the current market conditions. Speaks about the exponential growth of Rippling. We are hiring across multiple verticals and roles. Check ou
- Debunking #metalayoff TDLR: Linkedin posts are lies. No info on real layoff or not. Looks like Meta reduces contractor count, contractors complained on Linkedin. A foreign student doesn’t know what she’s doing and alluded her issue to #metalayoff then a bunch of people got bamboozled. 1. The woman who signed 15 month
- Joining Microsoft outside Redmond and Bay area? Few of my friends are asking me of my opinion of my experience so far working in a remote non hq office for msft. I am pretty new but I don't think outside people are valued as much and work given is generally low impact. They are also asking me about microsoft and layoffs and recession etc which I
- Senior Data Analyst Referral needed Joined carvana this year as a Senior DA and the whole experience has been a disaster. Firstly my equity was given as of the 10 day trailing period before the offer was made (which was 236 dollars) instead of when I actually joined (price then was 130 ish dollars). Now the stock is worth a princely
- Safe to join microsoft? If it safe idea to join msft given the fed rate hike and that economy may be in recession end of year? Worried about being the new team member and rif and being laid off. Need microsoft to file i-140 as well, Currently on h1b. #crash #layoff #lifo #pip
- Big tech layoffs or too early to tell? Recently we saw a "growth" company go through a massive layoff. For pr they mentioned 3 percent of employees but in reality the percentage of corporate jobs were much higher. Couple of months ago there was a mortgage startup that went through a massive layoff as well. General consensus is that star
- vote Microsoft URA quota? Does Microsoft have unregretted attrition like pip? Like orgs or managers are forced to rif people out? TC:71K #fired #layoff #bezozbananas #satyapeanuts
- vote Stay at Walmart Labs Or Go To Microsoft Because of the current job market, looking for some sincere advice from Microsoft folks. Walmart TC: 130K Microsoft TC: 180k #layoff #microsoft #walmart #covid19 #coronavirus #joboffer #newjob @ Microsoft
- Meta trouble - rumors vs reality Rumor # 1 - Meta is having financial troubles and has to do a hiring freeze. Fact 1 - Meta has hired more engineers in first 4 months of 2022 than entire 2021. If you pay top of the market and reduce the hiring bar, this is what happens. The hiring freeze is only for SWE roles and MLE roles and also
- What industries/companies (for tech roles) are lowest risk of layoffs I have heard things like banks or larger companies like Microsoft tend to be a safer location in case of layoffs or recession #tech #layoff
- vote Microsoft vs Bloomberg Just joined msft. Got offer from Bloomberg. Still need to discuss tc. Thinking of job security/stability whether I should go to Bloomberg due to increased recession and layoff concerns and economy looking worse. Repost since other one had one confusing option. TC:170K
- Uber vs Microsoft Yoe - 7.5 years Current comp - 32 base + 3.2 variable + 12 lac RSU Location - bangalore Microsoft Level - L62 Comp- 40 base + 21 stock + up to 8 lac variable + 12 lac joining bonus Team - Azure resource which is yet to be launched Uber Level -L5A Comp - 67 base + 13 var + 33 RSU Team - Uber eats
- vote Intuit Vs Microsoft I have joined Intuit few months back! Since i was still in the interviewing spree and heard a bit of layoff rumors, ( Seems like blind has layoff rumors for even Microsoft! So not influenced with that now) I interviewed with Microsoft and recently got an offer as sde1 in the commercial software e
- Tech companies with healthy balance sheet! List of companies to join if you experience layoffs Google Microsoft (including LinkedIn) Facebook Apple Amazon Microsoft has a history of layoffs but they have a solid cash reserve
- Do you see layoffs from Uber, Lyft, Airbnb due to OMICRON? Is it too early to get panicked ? Are companies like Uber, Lyft, Airbnb prepared to handle the new variant if incase there are lockdowns and flight ban ? Offers from Uber, Microsoft Uber TC: 230k cad Microsoft TC: 185k cad I’m an immigrant with work visa and still waiting for my PR so have a visa
- Mixed experience so far at msft Msft atlanta dev here. Team split between Redmond and Atlanta but majority of people including hm who is m1 and then m2 all in Redmond along with some of the developers. I feel pretty disconnected with rest of team. I feel like they discuss and make decisions about project and features and then I
- Offer from Uber, want to join Microsoft. Hi, I have an offer from Uber india and i want to join Microsoft, Noida because of time to time layoffs in Uber. I am from north part of country so want to stay in north only. Can you guys please suggest some good team in MS, noida (cloud based) so that i can start interviews? Any suggestion whethe
- PIPed and new job search I am going on pip in 3-4 weeks time. I need help to prioritize companies, which are respectable but relatively easy to get hired. Goal is to join a decent company ASAP (reason I am on H1B). For an example it is easier to get hired for MSFT vs Google. So I should prioritize MSFT interviews over Goog
- Always think I made the wrong decision Whenever I make a decision, I feel like I made the wrong decision and will suffer the consequences. I work at a small SAAS company with a handful of clients, we have been around for less than a decade. Company is run by my college professor and most of us are alum but the company has always been o
- Microsoft sdes, what does pip look like? MSFT swes, how does pip work at the company? Are managers explicit and clear about performance or do you just wake up knowing you are going to let go? Also, is it normal/common to hire people that don't know the specific team tech stack before joining company? TC:104K #layoff #recession #ir #zr
- LinkedIn ceo leaving, layoffs coming up? Saw some rumblings on layoff websites. Jeff is leaving. What's going on. Actually what's LinkedIns value to Microsoft. @linkedin
- Morgan Stanley Firmwide Bonus Unfortunately I won’t be getting this special one time payment, but congrats on those who will be receiving the payout on Dec 15. When other peers are laying off employees, MS promised not to AND pay off special bonus. THIS is how you show appreciation. #finance #bonus #layoffs
- vote Continue interviewing after signing and accepting? I accepted a job with MSFT but I have been having trouble sleeping because I may get managed out of the company and I am not confident I am good enough to survive there and may be terminated before Microsoft files for my I-140 and green card. I am ROW btw. I am being hired in MCOL area of the countr
- AMA - Amazon PIP -> 5 offers in 2 months SDE2 at Amazon (almost 2 yr tenure) PIPed in Jun, went thru pip and studied on the side (7 wks pip) Was in very low morale, obviously :( Interviewed with 6 companies, got offers from 5 NFLX Goog, Dropbox, Twitter, & Microsoft (Flunked Apple) Didn't challenge, took severance and left in July Too
- Golden era for engineers ending? This isn’t a doom and gloom post. PIP coming to Google joining the likes of Amazon (and Meta?) marking the start of the end of an era. Apple/Microsoft are the last bulwarks in big tech I guess. It doesn’t mean layoffs. It doesn’t mean comp reduction for above average folks. Most of us are likely t
- vote Job Security in PayPal Just wanted to know how the job security is for the SDE2 and SDE3 in the technology side in PayPal. This is considering only from India perspective and just wanted to know if there are any layoffs. If layoff are there, please mention in comments the org as well! #tech #paypal #google #amazon #visa
- companies with good TC that do not do layoffs ? which top tier companies do mot do layoffs ? amzn, dropbox, apple, msft, oci, fb, goog etc? not talking about pip. talking about layoffs or the 10% stack rank.
- vote Is recession coming? Got an offer from Uber but concerned about downturn in the market and layoffs vs staying at MS retirement factory Edit : yes, it would have been no brainer if I were not on a h1b visa - that’s the part that sucks because yes the offer is so much more and my TC will go down next year by another 10K.
- Becoming more confident I have a problem. I have been working at no name company for like 4 years. Always wanted to get into Big Tech. I finally was able to clear microsoft interview and currently in bg check after tthen h1b transfer. I am really proud that I got in and msft will do perm and gc fast as well. But whenever
- vote Uber vs Microsoft Got an offer from Microsoft Noida for L64 role in Office team and Uber (Hyderabad) 5a Payments team. No major diff in TC. Confused between the two. Uber looks more reputed and work would be more on micro services but stocks is major worry and risk of layoff. Microsoft work is not that exciting but
- v shape recovery and no more layoffb looks like the econ already recovered. the stock hit historic high. and I have not seen layoff of engineers ( except several in msft)
- vote Worst company to work for due to possible layoffs? Title says it all. Please vote which company is worst when it comes to layoffs #engineering #software #layoffs #layoff #worstcompanies #fired #dell #amazon #google #apple #netflix #uber #microsoft #Facebook #salesforce #ibm #paypal #walmart
- Product Manager with Work Life Balance, No PIP, No layoff Working as Product Manager at Amazon is cutthroat and super intense. TC: 300K Any suggestions on companies with good Work Life Balance, No PIP, No layoff? #pm #product #productmanager @LinkedIn @Microsoft @IBM, @workday @Atlassian, @facebook @meta @Adobe @Salesforce @doordash @Pinterest @visa @Sho
- Upcoming RIF alert !! What do you know about upcoming RIFs? (Orgs, timelines, etc.) #microsoft #layoff
- vote Big tech hiring during market crashes Does big tech completely freeze hiring if theres a big market crash (> 40% drop) ? Last year left microsoft after a decade there to capitalize on the frothiness in the market; on h1b. Blind tax: TC 700k 12 YOE #hiring #layoff #layoffs #crash #stockmarket
- Microsoft lay offs ? Hi, got to know from a friend that there has been a lay off in Microsoft, his PM got laid off today ? Any one heard more about it ?#layoff #severance #pandemic #covid-19
- How does layoff impact perm? There are discussions around the recent layoffs at Microsoft. Will perm be paused for 6 months?#microsoft #perm #greencard
- SDE2 L61 pip common? How common is pip at msft for software engineers? L61 level? I know rif/layoffs are not that common and job security at msft is pretty common but what about ir/zr at MS? TC:81K
- vote LinkedIn Staff vs AirBnB Senior Got two offers, and need to make a decision in a few days. Both TC 420K without considering stock refresh. AirBnB: Better stock refresh. Better culture. But layoff 25% staff in the past. Less stable stock price LinkedIn: better benefits. MSFT stock is almost as good as cash. Less risk of layoff. W
- vote Anyone joining Microsoft In April at Redmond, Please comment / vote with the market upside down & blind talking about layoff, looking for advice on whether to stay put at current job or join Microsoft? Org: Azure Please no trolling, looking for serious advice. #covid-19 #microsoft #layoff #changejobs
- Microsoft green card speed Folks I know that post 2020 perm and pwd processing times with dol is very slow but there are plenty of steps lawyers, hm and hr to take for filing I-140 petition. Uscis can be premium. How is msft with these? Hearing mixed responses in threads. Some say they are fast, others saying they are slow. I
- vote Booking.com Amsterdam vs Microsoft India Got an offer from both Booking as well as Microsoft TC from Microsoft: 54LPA (30 base and 80k$ stocks) TC from Booking: 93k€ base with 15% bonus Can the community help me with suggestions. Also can someone tell me about the job security in booking. Heard about layoffs there. Current TC: 45LPA (34
- vote Will you join Microsoft ? It seems there are almost quarterly layoffs in Microsoft. Will you still join Microsoft?
- link PIP at Microsoft common? I found 2 posts but maybe its the same person who was laid off from MSFT for performance reasons. Does this happen frequently? They also mentioned some of their teammates were let go 6 months ago but IDK if that was rif or what. https://www.teamblind.com/post/Lay-off-before-h1b-transfer-Vs0ehqjH h
- Laid off in recent Boeing restructuring. 3+ Years of SDE. Any referrals appreciated. Got the unfortunate news that my job is eliminated in recent round of layoffs. Now I'm in market for new opportunities. 3+ years of SDE experience. Any referrals much appreciated. #layoff #faang #microsoft #google #facebook #sde #apple #startup #ebay #paypal #cisco #amazon
- PERM filed and I-140 after layoff and company goes to private Hi folks: My perm was filed on Nov. 2021, and several days later, our company had layoff after my PERM was filed(Note: I am still working here now). In the early of this year, my company also went private from the public. Yes, it happened, sad story. And I do not know if we will have the next round
- MSFT's health as a company? I thought Microsoft was doing as well as FANG but then I saw the layoff thread on Blind. What's the perspective from the inside? Are layoffs a regular annual thing?
- Companies still expanding and hiring? Monetary inflation, yield curve and rising oil prices are pretty bearish signs. However, I don't see any slowdown in bigtech companies hiring. Talking about Google, Microsoft, Amazon and such. I guess the will reassess their balance sheets and growth predictions... It's just that in my experienc
- vote FAANG layoffs Facebook, google, Apple, Amazon, Netflix folks do you fear layoffs now that Microsoft/Linkedin did it despite strong financials. If yes, please give your rationale. #facebook #google #microsoft #linkedin #apple #netflix