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Microsoft Severance
- Microsoft Severance Pay Hi Everyone, I am curious to know what is the severance pay and grace period Microsoft (Redmond, WA) gives when laying off? Seems like state of Washington doesn’t provide any employment protection to people and thus companies are not bounded to provide you severance and grace period. Any informat
- Severance package from Microsoft Any pointers on how much is the severance package Microsoft gives for laying off its employees
- Severe brain drain in engineering at Microsoft 🤷🏻♂️ (x-post Microsoft) "I'm a M2 dev manager and it's depressing to see this happening all around me. Being very sober about the current state: it's difficult for us to attract and retain top talent with so many other tech companies offering better comp, the opportunity to work on growing/exciting products, less political
- Amazon severance (Hire and Fire principle!) Hate moving from MS to AMZ Why is Amazon severance one fourth of your one month salary? Currently in Pivot/PIP plan and the severance is only 1/4th of my one month salary. If i resign before completion, I will get half month salary. Is this the norm at Amazon? Amazon hire and fire is horrible! Hate the move from Microsoft
- Any Microsoft recruiters on here? I applied to several roles and looking to engage. #jobopening #recruiting #hiring
- vote FAANG+, how many Leetcode Problems did you do? I don’t care about the number people recommend. I want to know how many you did. I see people do several hundred and I’m thinking “wow overkill, they should probably work their your actual interview skills.” TC 110 yoe 5 Coming to Microsoft ~200k
- Leaving MSFT I read in several posts that if people are living MSFT for competitors or Faang, they will be walked-out immediately after giving the 2 weeks of notice. People who left recently, could you confirm if that is still the case? TC: 190
- Microsoft past layoffs in recession Great recession microsoft blinders, How bad were the layoffs in 2008/2009 period? I saw that msft was still doing well in 09 but they still cut a lot of jobs. Do you think history will repeat itself in next economic downturn? From a pure financial point of view, the company is much stronger but I
- vote Friend was let go from his previous job and got a severance. What should he answer to question in background check? He was fired for not performing well within a year - receiving a month's salary as severance. He's joining a new company and was undergoing background check. If he answers no, what's the reasoning? Edit - new company is Microsoft
- Ask to change the recruiter My MSFT recruiter is not getting back to me several times since the offer was extended. She has been so unprofessional so I wonder if I can change a new recruiter.#tech #microsoft
- Severance Just got a RIF notice from MSFT. Severance package isn't bad. For those of you that have been through this before did you have an attorney review the severance package? Any referrals?
- link So, Susan Fowler lied? https://www.theinformation.com/how-ubers-top-engineer-saved-his-job Last two paragraphs read: Mr. Pham also recently told colleagues that after his meeting with Ms. Fowler, he asked his main contact in the HR group to look into Ms. Fowler’s allegations. The HR rep, Andrew Wegley, told Mr. Pham tha
- Does Microsoft scrutinize past performance and reviews for ex-employees reapplying ? Hey fellow blindfold, I left Microsoft several years back. My last review was pretty bad with zero rewards. Now several years later I am thinking of going back. Will past review be a factor ? Does that get analyzed ? I am pretty sure I did not have NO-REHIRE feedback but the performance review had
- Salesforce referral Hello 👋, Salesforce is hiring for MTS, SMTS, LMTS, Architects, BAs and several other roles across different divisions. Let me know if anyone of you is interested :) #engineering #software #swe #slack #salesforce #twitter #intuit #microsoft #tableau #mulesoft #businessanalyst #architect #jobopening
- 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)
- Microsoft layoff culture? Does Microsoft conduct stealth layoffs regularly? I noticed MSFT folks do not talk about layoffs much but if you look on Blind every now and then there is a layoff, I think sometime during the summer. Is it an annual thing like vmware? Microsoft employees, how is the layoff culture at the company?
- Accepted twitter offer Just wanted to share with the community. After several month of preparations and many screenings and onsites I accepted a twitter offer: Position: Staff Base: 235k Equity: 725/4 years Target Bonus: 25% Place: Seattle (now fully remote) Approx refreshers: 190k UPDATE: Forgot to mention: 50k signon
- Is there a PIP process at FB/Meta? I haven’t seen many topics on PIP at FB/Meta. I have seen several from Amazon and few from Apple or Microsoft but none from Meta/Facebook..
- Where to park $125k for 12 months that is down payment for a home? Lost out on several bidding wars and decided to go the new home route. Signed a contract with a builder that is closing in 15 months. Where do I park my saved up down payment (125k) T-bills are worse than inflation and stocks are too risky for <= 1yr (and bloated IMHO). Any balanced funds, bonds
- vote Hard to hire Difficult to get good people. I have several open positions for experienced engineers but people who clear the interview don't always join. And many don't clear the interviews. I have better luck hiring from university What's your opinion of Microsoft as an employer. Edit: those who are intereste
- terminated vs laid off vs fired, microsoft Hi, A friend was recently “terminated” from Microsoft with no severance; the reason was performance related. I was wondering what the implications were, since no severance was included. Is this the same as being “fired”? My understanding is that unless there is a strong firable offense, performance-
- Amazon Piped, Help required 🙏 Piped by Amazon. 1) I want to know, if I decide to take severance option and leave in two weeks then is it possible for me to take FMLA in that two weeks of serving period? 2) Then come back take full severance and leave. Is this possible ? As I am waiting for my H1-B transfer to new company. And
- A massive PM layoff at Microsoft in the making Few days ago Microsoft split the PM role in several sub-roles. This is the first time in the history of Microsoft that the PM role is sliced. The CVP behind it is very keen on downsizing the PM orgs at Microsoft. She wants fewer PMs. Similar thing happened when they split up the SDET role, and even
- Experience letter while quitting? How do you get one? How does it work when you have worked on several teams? #microsoft
- vote Which one to choose? Got several offers Doordash E4 Around 300K Bloomberg senior SDE Around 320K HBOMAx senior SDE Around 300K NYC Currently, in Microsoft TC: 230k Year: 5.5
- What can you tell me about the Cloud Operations and Innovation team at Microsoft? Currently interviewing at Microsoft for several teams but I am curious about the team I mentioned on the title.
- 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
- amazon opening miami office Joins spotify and microsoft along with several major VC & private equity firms Business climate is friendly...can we expect more tech in Miami? https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-is-the-latest-big-tech-firm-to-plant-a-flag-in-miami-office-market-11647353252 tc0 yoe0
- Microsoft Recruiters— how many can I talk to at once? Several Microsoft recruiters contacted me in the last few weeks. Will the be any repercussions for me talking to multiple recruiters in a given time period? #hrissues #recruiter
- New grad referrals Looking for referrals for Robinhood, Microsoft, Quora, Dropbox, Lyft, Uber, Two Sigma, other good companies! Done several internships, including at Google. Very comfortable with LC
- MSFT l64 interview Have an upcoming interview Is the interview pattern similar/different for l63 vs l64? In the past I have interviewed l63 position. Is the severity level same? #msft #microsoft #interview
- vote Stock Market crash - bubble I did a lot of data analysis on the charts. Several companies are in bear market already. Just the few top tech companies are carrying the SP500. The 2000 bubble took 15 years for Microsoft stock to recover. There were big sell offs from Sathya, Elon Musk and some other senator (100% off the marke
- Google interview process change ? There are now several blind posts claiming there are going to be domain knowledge rounds, can anyone who has recently interviewed/working in Google clarify the round structure ? No April jokes/sarcasm/kidding please. TC: 20 LPA YOE: 1.5 #tech #google #amazon #meta #facebook #microsoft #flipkart
- Hi all, currently on 2nd round of Sr. UX interviews at Mcsft & Google. What’s a good compensation ball park for remote? I’m severely underpaid at Oracle. Needing help figuring out what is a good compensation package for Sr. UX roles at Microsoft & Google. (I’m remote out of San Diego) YOE: design- 10yrs | UX- 5yrs
- Lowballed badly by Google India - L4 with 10yoe Got a team match and HC review results today for PM role at Google India. Recruiter painted all rosy picture but eventually said that HC has recommended L4 for me. However, during the loops, i was told that the consideration is for L5/L6. This after such a dragged interview process and several roun
- Microsoft interview I completed 650+ problems on leetcode. I applied without referral to Microsoft several months ago. Didn’t hear back yet. I am searching outside from USA due to work visa. Is Microsoft have open headcount for new grads?
- Looking for MS & FB Referrals Several roles at MS I'm hoping to interview for and just one at FB if anyone is willing. Thank you! LC: 300+ TC: -1 Loc: US #facebook #microsoft #engineering #swe
- Google/facebook medical benefit? What kind of medical insurance benefits do you have? MS used to be $0 deductible/copay but it changed several years ago
- W2 TC (2020). Box 1 What's your box 1 TC? My box 1 from Microsoft, L64, $401,059.64. (By the way, I was laid off late last year, so this includes severance package).
- What’s so special about LinkedIn? It’s been several years since the Microsoft acquisition. First It’s just amazing how LinkedIn a dying company with all its garbage content got Microsoft to buy it for $26B. Even more amazing is how they continue to be autonomous, have better pay and perks than Microsoft and treat moves from Microso
- vote Is Google worth reneging Microsoft as a new grad? I passed the Google hiring committee 3 months ago and was stuck in product area matching for a long time. In the meantime I got several offers and told Google about my deadlines but they didn't care. I eventually accepted Microsoft Seattle and found a place in Seattle with friends. Then, recently I
- WTF is Engineering Leader I am seeing in several cases people in L7 position in Amazon move to Google/Microsoft and put the position as Engineering Leader. What the heck is that?
- Companies working with Stem Cells in San Diego My wife and I are moving to San Diego for my new job. She has a MS in Biotech and is currently working as a Sr Research Scientist in a very small biotech company (7 YOE). They are working on Stem Cell based therapy for several diseases and she really likes working with Stem Cells. What companies (bi
- Does Amazon revoke your I-140? Does Amazon revoke your I-140, if you are in pivot and you took severance and left ..? Anyone gone through this situation? #tech #Amazon #I-140 #h1b #fragomen #visa #microsoft #sde #google
- Level at Microsoft matching 500k-600k TC Thinking of applying, several interesting positions. Wonder what level would be relevant to matching my 500-600k TC there. 15+ yoe What's the pay structure (% bonus ranges, yearly refreshers targets etc...) @microsoft
- 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
- vote Msft lvl 63 vs FB E4 offer? Msft TC unknown, guessing it will be 300k. Core Azure team in Microsoft. FB TC is E4 top of band at 340k Want to optimize on WLB long term but can grind for about a year or so more. I’m somewhat burnt out and worried if FB may have the same grinding culture - heard that from several friends. Micr
- Hardware at Microsoft I am interviewing with several HW teams in MSFT. Can someone tell me what the WLB, work culture is like there? The teams are spread out across Redmond,Raleigh and Austin.
- What kind of childcare benefit does your employer provide? For example, amazon doesn’t have any special childcare benefit. I heard Microsoft partner with bright horizon partnered daycares and offers several back up care and summer camp and tutoring options. Not sure what other companies’ benefit look like?
- Amazon PIP question I am on PIP at Amazon. I have a couple of job offers (Microsoft and Flexport) and I want to leave with severance, by 8/31. My PIP end date is 9/30. Can I choose to end the plan early, take severance and leave? Or do I need to stay until 9/30? #amazon #pip #focus TC - 105k, YOE - 5