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- vote If I’m stressing out at MSFT, will I go crazy at Meta? TC: stressful 🥜 * L62
- vote FAANG, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Lyft, Microsoft, Uber: Do you feel pressure/stress due to fear of PIP or layoff risk? (for employees at the mentioned companies) how to interpret results: compare proportion of "FEAR" = yes/(total votes) = yes/(yes+no) across companies
- Recession or not, I will always interview. 1. I cannot control the market. 2. I cannot control the layoff. 3. I cannot control if I get a shitty boss or a hectic team. 4. I cannot control interview freezes. Things I can control: 1. Taking care of my health and well being. 2. LC at least an hour everyday. So stop stressing about Meta interv
- Stay for Amazon L7 , jump to Meta E6 or Microsoft L66 I’m on the promo path to L7 at Amazon , and have an inkling that I’ll get offers for e6 Facebook and 66 Microsoft . I’m interested in large scope and impact projects and potentially becoming a manager at some point . What would blind advice ? Amazon tc : 680k Other tc : don’t know yet Pros: Amazon
- Rank FAANG wlb 5: most stressful 1: least stressful Feel free to include MSFT too Tc:100k
- vote Introducing FAAAM (FAANG is out) FYI - FAAAM stands for Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (Google's parent), Microsoft Big papa Microsoft is touching $2T soon. And I'm glad my TC is touching $500k L65+. The great part? I work 30 hrs/week, have zero work stress and get so much time off every month I have friends at Linkedin, who
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- Amazon vs Microsoft or ? I am in a team which has a great culture, relatively laid back but I am not enjoying the job anymore. Have an offer from Amazon and also offer from another team in Microsoft. I have on-site interviews ahead with many companies ( twitter, LinkedIn, Etsy, Wayfair, Facebook, google, some EVs, some stag
- Msft L66 WLB Hi Folks, I got a Microsoft offer L66, currently E5 at FB. I was looking outside FB to have less stress and WLB. How is WLB and stress at MSFT L66, TC wise it's almost similar about 450 in either place.
- Rest and vest companies? My partner and I have been lucky. We've saved enough early in career that now I can afford to choose a company with less velocity/churn/stress. I still want to build, but I want less stress also. I don't need unicorn TC either. Primary requirement: good wlb. Secondary: p50 comp. Recommendations on
- Dealing with Stress! I have been at FB 9 months and the stress is killing me. I worked at Google for ~6 years but Google and Microsoft are known to be chilled place. How do you guys deal with stress?
- I've been Google'd I work 6 hours a day. My manager likes me and I'm always rated exceeds or better. My team is super cool and chill. I have no motivation to do more or over extend myself. I've been Google'd What does it mean to be Amazon'd? Microsoft'd? Facebook'd? Apple'd? Others? TC 450k L5, YOE: 10+ Edit: I see
- Need help with contract recruiter roles Amazon offering $55 an hour contract (sourcer Msft offering $50 an hour contract (sourcer Google offering $44 an hour contract ( recruiter Tc at fb $42 but I am slowly becoming miserable and over stressed. If anyone can help give me advice or help me find a full time opportunity would mean a lot #
- If you have an offer from Amazon and somewhere else, go somewhere else Can’t stress enough. I chose amazon over Microsoft and Nvidia for a few thousand dollars extra and now I’m ready to take a pay cut to quit this job. Biggest mistake of my life :(
- vote Would you go back to Amazon? I’m ex-amazon and left for a variety of reasons including stress, bad manager, pip culture, low pay. The pay was a major reason, but pay alone wouldn’t have made me leave. Looking at the revamped pay, would you guys go back to amzn ? I get approached by recruiters twice a day and the pay becomes so
- Microsoft greencard process takes so long I joined Microsoft last year Jun 2020 and company initiated the communication for greencard process right after that. But perm was only filed in may 2021, now still waiting for approval. Feeling stressed! Tc: 160
- Amazon employees to Microsoft and vice versa These companies are polar opposites. Amazon being high stress, with a more startup oriented culture where things are wacky and wild wild west. Microsoft from what i have heard seems to be much relaxed and more of a stress free and rest and vest culture. I wonder how amazon employees fare when they m
- Vest & Rest org in Microsoft Recently I moved to Microsoft, overall it’s been good so far, but on call seems very stressful and can’t it up in long term. Any suggestion for moving internally with low to no on-all and less stressful. Any impact to sign on stock rewards if moved to different org/team ? Tc: ~140,000$
- vote How is Google Perf review? in Microsoft, perf is pretty chill and decided by the manager. I hear that Google's perf is a lot of documents and government-like work. is it stressful?
- vote Without TC, how is Google vs Microsoft? Without considering TC, how is Google vs Microsoft? Within the past 5 years, MSFT stock has gone up 410% Google stock went up ~250% Microsoft and Google both have amazing wlb. At Microsoft sometimes I work ~20 hours/week. Low stress. No ping outside of work hours etc. Thoughts?
- Coasting at Atlassian/Microsoft/Twitter/Salesforce/ I am a Data Scientist Currently Based out in US. Does Atlassian or other companies mentioned above have a stress free culture similar to Microsoft/Salesforce? I am not a slacker, but I would prefer to work at a firm where I coast over there and survive by doing bare minimum? I am looking for a firm
- Microsoft swe roles in Bay area? I am tired of the stress at FB. Been here for 1.5 years. Does microsoft have a swe office in Bay area?
- vote Compare AWS vs Microsoft offer Company: AWS, L4 SDE location: NY, team: AWS Connect, Base: 175K, Sign on: 50K over 1 year, 40K on 2nd year. RSU: 38 stocks ( 133K ) TC: 230K Company: Microsoft, L60 SDE, Location: Fully Remote, Team: MS SQL DB team ( Azure org ), Base: 141k, Sign On: 30K, RSU: 130k ( Vesting 25 percent e
- What are some less stressful companies? I recently had a life threatening situation where I had to call 911 to be taken to ER. I suspected of having heart attack but I was diagnosed with panic attack. I have been recovering since then but I have decided to leave Facebook to work at a less stressful place. What are some less stressful com
- FB to Microsoft I am FB E5 and getting tired of constant stress every half due to the half yearly review. A colleague here from Microsoft mentioned that engineers are not worried about reviews in Microsoft and just focused on engineering. But he was there a couple of years ago. Is it true even today? TC 480k
- Google Vs MSFT WLB Hey all, Checking out roles at Google to move from MSFT. L63.. life here is not super stressful. How is Google PM WLB compared to MSFT?
- First bigtech job: lots of anxiety and stress Hello all, I start with Microsoft in 3 weeks as l61. I will start remote and then move but my team is split in Atlanta and Redmond and I am in Atlanta but manager and skip are not. This is going to be my first big tech job. I should be really happy and proud due to tc jump but I am very afraid of b
- Amazon PIP Facts Hello all, my friend joined Amazon as SDE 1 in Jan 2020 after his MS in CS & he was quite stressed & told me the job is too much pressure & he works like min 12-15 hrs a day. He called me today & told he has been put on PIP within 6 months & he is scared & stressed out. I just wanted to know is th
- How to ask for start date extension H1b approved but I am really burnt out, stressed and anxious about new job and performance. I want some time off so that I can relax and chill and not implode at new job. How do I ask hm? Askhr wants start date. Is there risk of rescind? MSFT TC: 160K
- 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.....
- GOOG or MSFT? Comparing below offers (Bay Area). Any suggestions? GOOG: L5 180/400/50 (TC: 350k) MSFT: L64 165/360/30 (TC: 310k) MSFT team is better fit in terms of work and stress level so confused. Current TC 300k YoE 10
- How is it being a manager at your company? Are you enjoying your role? Is it stressful? What are your biggest challenges? Enjoying my role at Microsoft, but biggest challenges are retaining talent and shielding my team from randomization.
- Worth staying at FB? I work in ads, new grad, TC is 240k with stock appreciation. I hate my life, work 60 hours a week and it’s unbearable. Do I quit for a less stressful job, maybe go to G or Microsoft?
- [ India Edition ] Comment your happiness progression year by year - I'll go first 3.2 LPA : Happy 4.2 LPA : Dissatisfied 9.5 LPA : Happy 14 LPA : Unhappy 24 LPA : Happy 32 LPA + ( everything else that comes with MS ) : Stressed and somewhat happy/unhappy ( not sure what this feeling is 😪 ) I'm single ( heard this status also play an important role in finding happiness )
- Turning down FANG recruiters Too many recruiter contacts, multiple ones from Facebook , Google,and Microsoft...... I eventually want to go to those companies, but tbh the recruiter call is the easiest part: putting in the 6+ weeks to leetcode is a stress inducing task that honestly I don't want to do right now. I'd rather
- Too stressed for job switching because of poor salary I started Microsoft two years ago. My team is ok, manager is good. I got a promotion in between these two years . I want to stay in microsoft for 4 years until I have my sign on stock vesting . Now I realized that I didn’t get well enough offer because I can’t negotiate well then. Last one year lots
- Whats better in start for a SWE - Hard work or WLB ? I got an offer from Microsoft, good WLB, My current company - Lot of work + Lot of stress + Lot of expectations + Lot of ownerships The only part I don't like here is stress and expectations, they are just too much. Should I switch to a better WLB or continue, what's better for my career? YOE -
- What do Google/Facebook blind user complain about? I left Microsoft in 2019 and all people complaint about was being underpaid and product/software being crap. Joined Amazon and all people complain about is stress of getting PIPed and WLB Anyone can shed light on the main themes people complain about in FB and Google?
- How is the ops load at other FAMANG companies? Ops load at Amazon is huge, so is the oncall stress. Is this the same story at Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google? I would love to get some insights from the SWEs who had worked or work there. TC: 250k #softwareengineer #facebook #apple #microsoft #netflix #google
- vote Meta/Amazon/LinkedIn which one to choose L4 (Amazon L5) Similar TC ~ 315K (base + RSU/4 + Signon/4) Meta has good refresher, but worried about the growth and company perf. Would like to hear your thoughts on this. LinkedIn has good WLB, MSFT stocks, but not much refresher? Amazon has 20K more / year. But bad culture. Not much refresher?
- Microsoft H1B Change of Employer petition Need to vent. Feeling stressed about how long H1B transfer would take. Accepted written offer and background check is complete with validity 90 days. Microsoft hasn’t even started collecting documents for the petition. Last update I got was hm needs to provide some details. Maybe hm is on leave. I
- Anyone moved from AWS to Microsoft? What is the good, bad, ugly if you’ve made the move? Is the high WLB culture really true in Microsoft? Fewer sociopaths than AWS? I am thinking of moving from AWS marketing to Microsoft (L65). Conversations were positive but still waiting on offer. Recently became a parent and I am ok trading TC fo
- vote What are the most chill tech companies? Obviously every company has some teams that are more chill (Little to no work related stress and excellent WLB) than the other, but the vote here is for the overall companies in general (Multiple vote selections allowed) I couldn’t include some companies coz I don’t know that they’re chill Also fo
- vote Take a paycut and leave FB? Blinders, what you think? I have been at FB for ~2.5 years and this place is too stressful. Constant rat race, working 55h+/w. On the flip side, I have been rewarded very handsomely. I have offers from G, Microsoft and Uber but none comes near my TC. I am E6 making ~$680k (due to D.Es). My offers are: Microsoft - L66: $525
- Microsoft new hire and anxiety Recently got hired to Microsoft. My responsibility requires to handle a lot of customer escalation and put out fires. It is very stressful and I am still ramping up on how to do escalation. I have an anxiety issue. I even get stressed when talk to people. I felt burned out and headache everyday. Plu
- 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
- Adobe experience cloud wlb Hi, Can anyone from adobe help me with reviews about experience cloud BU in order Team - Campaign 1. Work life balance 2. Culture 3. Growth Tc - 53 lpa Position - Computer scientist 1 Current - 37 lpa Yoe - 5yrs I have an offer and stressed about wlb in DX. Need to make decision before puttin
- 40 year female and a relaxing job Been in Amazon(Retail) and Microsoft(Azure) as a Product manager, working hard and burning mid night oil almost every day.But now wanto be in a role which is still with these companies but more relaxed, 7-8 hrs day work and no stress. Come back home to kids and restart hobbies. Any suggestions on id
- Worried about getting fired after relocating. Won't lie , been stressing a shit load since moving to Ireland about losing my job and affording rent - work has been fine for the most part but I have a lot of responsibility and almost feel unqualified to do the job looking at people around me . Senior engineer at Microsoft. Has anyone else fel
- How different is googles culture from amazon? Working at amazon is a stressful undertaking. Employees are treated as machines. Leadership principles are used as a means to put people in line and micromanagement is rampant. Are most big tech cultures the same? Is google any different from amazon or microsoft?
- FB TC isn’t worth it… I left Microsoft for FB last year. 1 year into FB and I regret joining this place. Work at FB is a lot of fun, but FB is a stressful and busy place. I joined during pandemic and time flew so quickly. I realized I stopped working out, relationship with my gf stained badly and now trying to fix it. D