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Microsoft Rewards
- MS rewards Joined MSFT on 1st march. Rewards merit: 4.08% Bonus: 10.22% Stock: 12,000 L61 How good is it?
- Microsoft rewards Stock we get on annual review has 5 yrs of vesting period ? Really? I hate rewards.. i just don’t feel like working! Tc 🥜
- MS rewards... When are they locked in? When are they announced? When are they received?
- Microsoft rewards season My manager asked me to prepare a reward slide that he’ll share with his manager. I’m at 60 recently promoted from 59. How does the rewards look like? 59->60 was 8% raise in base salary.
- Microsoft rewards & quitting Does anyone know what date you can give notice but still get your rewards? I’m up for top rewards but am also looking for a new job. I want to know when I can leave before Sept 15 but still get my check!
- Msft rewards season How open you talk or should one talk to their manager about the merit increase or reward expectations?
- Microsoft Rewards Conversation and Calibration Friendly reminder to Microsoft Managers since Rewards & Calibration conversations are happening. Stand up for your loyal employees and put a stop to weak leadership penalizing top talent so they can reward their friends! Remember someone needs to get the ZERO and it won’t be their drinking buddies
- Leaving Microsoft & Rewards I’m leaving Microsoft and trying to determine when to share the news. I’m heading to a competitor, so I will likely be walked out the day I share. Lots of people on Blind and people I know here say I will still receive my bonus even if I leave before Sept 13th. Is there any possible way to confirm
- Microsoft rewards and promos I am at L60 and I got a Zero stock during FY20 rewards cycle. I then switched teams and my new team pushed hard for my promos during FY21 rewards (got great numbers too). However, HR rejected the promo because of previous year’s numbers. My new team says they will continue to push for my promo but
- What should I expect for Microsoft Reward Stock Just joined Microsoft What should I expect for the annual Reward Stock? I know that the target bonus is 10% (0-20% for my level), but I never asked about the target for Reward Stock. The recruiter said that the max for my level is $24k per year. What should I expect and how does it vest? L61 175k
- Rehire at Microsoft after Zero Rewards? I had more than 15 years of good reviews then a reorg changed my manager who said I was doing fine and definitely not ZR but then I received a ZR anyway one week before the September annual reward date even though I didn't receive any warnings beforehand. I left Microsoft to work at Facebook and wh
- How is Microsoft WebXT - Rewards team? I have a phone interview coming up for SE 2 role. How is the growth on this team? #softwareengineer
- microsoft annual stock reward ranges for each level I am posting max annual stock award (refresher) for each level. expectation is max/2 per year. 59 60: 9k 61: 13k 62: 22k 63: 34k 64: 48k 65: 72k 66 67: 150k Can we get the annual stock award (refresher) data for each level? For software engineers in Redmond. edit: my microsoft offer 125/100/30
- Link to Microsoft 2021 Rewards Sheet? Blind Tax: 340k TC, 2 YoE
- When’s the earliest your manager discussed rewards at Microsoft? I’ve heard managers having rewards discussions with their employees in August. When’s the earliest people have heard of their bonus amount at Microsoft? #Microsoft #bonus #tech
- Left MSFT after 60% rewards - will I be blacklisted? Hey all, I recently moved out of MSFT to Google (August) and got my rewards today @60%. Does this disqualify me from applying again to MSFT in the future? I left on OK terms with my mgmt - they mentioned somethings were not ok with my performance but my connect doesn’t say anything bad. I intend to
- Make me cry with your Microsoft Reward this year Mine is yet to be shared, but I expect it to be low. Please, share your level too.
- Anybody returned to Microsoft after leaving with Zero Reward? Is it possible?
- When manager level reward discussion happens? Already done for MS connect?? Can managers pls confirm if Rewards are finalized or still managers have not decided the numbers?? I know discussion with employee happens late in Aug/sept, just wanted to check if adding in system is done or not? Thanks!
- Is 100% reward good at L66 if you are aiming for L67 in next 6 months to one year? #rewards #microsoft #tech #tech #microsoft
- Got my PCS today, new base ~250k. I now officially make more, just in base salary, compared to my total comp @microsoft less than 1.5y ago! 🥲 L7 SDE, 16yoe, ~750k Edit: PCS: Personal Compensation Summary - Amazon’speak for annual rewards statement. Shameless plug> My immediate (director) and larger teams (across 3VPs), are h
- When does Microsoft decide/payout bonus? Hey all, Joined Microsoft last year June-ish. Missed the bonus that year because joined after cut-off date or something. When does Microsoft let employees know about bonus? When does bonus get paid out? Thanks! #money #payout #bonus #microsoft TC: 240k YoE: 3 EDIT/UPDATE: Just checked on HRWEB
- apple annual rewards What are the annual rewards range at apple for ICT3, ICT4, and ICT5? in comparison, at MSFT, an L61/62 get 0-10% reward, L63/64 gets 0-20% reward? What is the reward system for Apple?
- MSFT pay is really competitve to external hires got info from my friend joined fro FB lvl5. TC is close to 400k... holy cow edit: lvl 64 adding @Cheri data point, welcome to apply microsoft! Also as a comparison, my tc last year was 344k. Base pay earned in 2019: 188k Cash bonus (140% rewards): 39k Stock bonus vest: 40k SSA 1 vest: 45k SSA 2
- Microsoft L62 L63 Joined MSFT at L62 last summer (2021). Coming up on my first rewards / 1 year mark this coming summer (2022). What should I hope for in rewards % at the 1 year mark this summer, if I am on track to get promoted to L63? 100%? How long on average does it take to go from L62 to L63? TC: 210k #micro
- what company offer the best effort / reward ratio?? I heard that Microsoft or Google do, but according to you, what place has the best effort/reward ratio?
- Annual bonus payout MSFT hrweb says that you are eligible for annual rewards if I leave company on or after June 30.. Hypothetically say I leave the company on July 2nd … when will I be getting the cash rewards paid out? Immediately after I leave or on Sep 15th? Does leaving before rewards discussion with manager hav
- Why doesn't everyone in the US use Bing? Microsoft pays out appx $5 a month, every month to anyone in the US just for using Bing through MSFT Rewards. Basically just flip your defaults. Cash in your points for GCs every couple of months.... Bing is about the same thing as Google at this point. Whatever, it's internet search, old tech. Laug
- Will I lose my MSFT annual bonus if I leave before October 1st? I am thinking of leaving MSFT and I feel like I might lose my annual bonus if I leave before October. I have been promised a good reward this year, is it possible that they will rescind my rewards if I tell them that I am leaving MSFT? Current TC - ~200K #microsoft #msft #annualbonus
- referral reward? I noticed a lot of blinders are willing to refer anonymous users here in blind, risking revealing their identity. Do they get referral reward from employer? I know MS gives reward for successful hire. I wonder which companies do the same
- vote Stock buybacks or employee bonuses? With $283 billion in assets on its balance sheet and $35B in share buybacks still planned, should Microsoft continue to buy back shares to reward Wall Street or increase employee bonuses to reward employees?
- Amazon and Microsoft India SDE2 compensation details What is the typical compensation (base+stock rewards + bonus) of a freshly promoted SDE2 in Amazon and Microsoft India?
- Microsoft Bonus Deadline At what date is the Microsoft annual bonus “earned”? If I leave before September 15th, can I still earn it? What’s the earliest date? Thanks! #rewards #msft #msftstock
- Microsoft Zero-stock : eligible for Internal transfer? Got decent bonus and merit, but zero stock. Looking for an internal transfer. I saw that zero rewards would be ineligible for internal transfer. Given that I did receive rewards, trying to understand if zero stock would affect the transfer. #microsoft
- How are rewards at FAANG? The rewards at MSFT are always low and even if an employee performs over the expectations, they still get target rewards in most of the Orgs. If I switch company I would get a bump and stock bonus but I want to stay at a company for a long time so how are the rewards at FAANG companies? #tech #softw
- Rewards When does rewards at Microsoft hit your bank account? On the aug 30th pay check or September 15th pay?
- Rewards Discussions @Microsoft Reward discussions between managers happen in June/July and then week of Aug 15th (this week) reward information (Stock, Merit, Bonus, Promotion ) will be revealed and then we get the Moolah on Sept 15th. Wondering how it works in other organizations?
- When do rewards get locked? I have accepted an external offer and currently waiting on my H1b transfer petition to be submitted. Would like to take a few weeks vacation before joining. When are the rewards locked? Will my manager be able to modify rewards if I quit? How risky is it to quit before receiving h1b transfer receip
- vote POLL: Unionize Microsoft & Stop Employee Exploitation It’s time Microsoft Employees Unionize to stop employee exploitation. A union would provide: -Equal Opportunity for Women & BIPOC -Equal Salary for Women -Ensure equality in our Reward System -Ensure equality with promotions -Provide overtime and do not allow 60+ work weeks -Provide benefits to
- $1M Net Worth!! Finally hit the $1M net worth milestone! Celebrate with me! :D Age: 28 YOE: 5 TC: $300k EDIT: Copy pasting my approximate asset allocation and some of my financial strategies below. No Crypto. All my sign on RSUs are fully vested at this point, but with new stock awards, I am vesting $100k+/year
- How fucked am I Currently L61 at MSFT getting target rewards. Moving to FB E4 and doubling my TC. I hear FB is much harder. Am I fucked? Current TC - 160k New TC - 350k in year 1 and 300k later YoE - 5
- HW RTL design teams at Microsoft What is it like working for Microsoft Hardware teams? Sweat shop Nazi "startup" work life for non startup rewards, or ...?
- Which tech companies stack rank teammates for rewards? Question in title. For example, Microsoft used to follow the bell curve for rewards. But the culture has improved so much since they stopped.
- Amazon annual rewards How do annual rewards look for Amazon? Is in cash, stock or both? Planning to move from Microsoft to Amazon soon, thanks.
- Good teams in Microsoft IDC Would like to know what are good development teams in Microsoft IDC in terms of growth, culture, wlb and rewards? #microsoft #idc #goodTeams
- How's the work culture at Seattle's OCI team? How's the culture, WLB, stress level, management, etc at Oracle OCI team in Seattle? Recruiter keeps messaging, some offer numbers I heard are tempting and MS rewards are disappointing so.....
- For all those asking for advice whether to choose MSFT vs Amzn Everyone compares Microsoft refreshers to other FAANG refreshers. That's unfair. I may be on the upper end of the spectrum at msft, but I am not a rock star. I consistently get 140% rewards, where 100% is target and 200% is max. If you work hard, 140 is guaranteed at MSFT, albeit a bad manager. Her
- Instacart - too late to start in September due to IPO forecast date? Will it be too late if I start in Sept? I am waiting for rewards in sept and then I plan on leaving MSFT and joining Instacart. TC: 180k YOE: 2
- Databricks prospect? one of the hottest preipo together with Stripe, Robinhood. How do you rank databricks in terms of prestige, technology, as well as financial reward? #databricks #facebook #microsoft
- Thoughts on why Google is losing the market cap war so badly? As of this morning here are market caps for the largest tech companies: 1) MSFT - 970B 2) AMZN - 900B 3) AAPL - 832B 4) GOOG - 794B There is no reason why Google should be so far back, especially given their sizeable investments in so many future bets. Why are investors not rewarding Google the sa