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.
Got below Offer for L63. How does this offer look like? Any feedback is appreciated. Base: $180K project Bonus: 0-30% Sign-on: $40K RSU: $150K vested over 4 years Location: Bay Area Update:Final offer Base:185K RSU: $200K, 4 years Sign-on: $50K YOE: 8 yrs Current TC: 180k #microsoft
Currently a TPM at Google in the Bay Area. Just got an offer from Microsoft for a Senior Software Engineer and need help with salary negotiations. Seems low to me even considering that Washington State pays less than California. What are y'all's thoughts? ***Addendum*** I see that the SWE offer has...Read more
Education : B.Tech From Tier 1 college Years of Experience : 7 years 8 Months Prior Experience: Established Indian Startup Date of the Offer: 24 Apr 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: L63 Location: Bangalore Salary: 52 Relocation/Signing Bonus: 6 for first year , 4 for second year Stock bonus: 80K...Read more
Non-tech Program Manager Remote role based out of SF Bay Area. Total YoE - 15 (10+ at Apple, now ICT4) Level 64 Base - 198k RSU - 160k vesting over 4 years Sign on bonus - 30k Annual stock refresher - 40k to 80k Annual Bonus - 15% to 30% EDIT: The actual TC is 280k, I’ve miscalculated the RSUs....Read more
Hello, I recently got an offer from Microsoft, which I signed but want to reject it due to low pay. Is it possible to interview for other teams immediately I reject the offer? Or can I still negotiate on the pay? Thanks
I received a verbal offer for Microsoft within Azure for L67. I check levels but just want to get a baseline of people here on what they think of the numbers and how does L67 compares to across other companies. Base: 270k RSU: 800 over 4 years Signon: 200k over 2 years Annual total (base + rsu): 4...Read more
Microsoft BAG group ( Redmond WA) Base : 125k Stock: 50k divided by 4 years Annual bonus: 0-20% on base. NO joining bonus I have 6 yrs of sw development experience. The recruiter didn’t know if the offer was for SDE2 or senior software engineer(?). He said it is most likely for senior soft engg. T...Read more
I have a friend who received an offer for Microsoft Seattle office as L59 (this is a supposition since they have no work experience) and their total comp hits 190k. This offer seems waaay above what Microsoft pays for L59, and is on par with offers from other big techs. This person is completing the...Read more
Satisfied with current projects at Salesforce, currently SMTS - path to LMTS seems to happen next year. Got an offer from MSFT for Senior L64. Should I want for LMTS here or jump the boat? With Salesforce stock not going anywhere, is it a good idea to bet on MSFT stock and reset again as Senior at...Read more
Amazon - L5, AWS, Bay area Year 1: Estimated Compensation: $335,033 Base: $184,500 total RSU: 85 shares Guaranteed Cash: $137,100 [y1]. $100,500 [y2]. Microsoft - 62, Redmond Base - 156000 Sign on - 50,000 one time On hire stock - 150000/4 = 37500/ year Total so far ->; 243500/ year Annual cash
Interviewed with microsoft recently and got a lowball offer, with all refreshers my total comp is pretty high for next two years. Is Microsoft really expecting senior engineers to accept such low offers ? #engineering #software Yoe 10 Edit: Recruiter came back with 50k increase in total TC and I e...Read more
Received this offer - L60 125k Base 15k signing 50k stock (4 years) YOE: 0 (college grad) Thoughts ?
I got a verbal offer from Microsoft. I'm currently on stem OPT and my visa is gonna expire in 9 months. So technically I won't be eligible for next year's H1b lottery. Is Microsoft gonna rescind my offer ? #microsoft
Note: Im no longer at workday. Currently at startup This is for Azure AI team Recruiter started at 300k TC and on pushing back updated to ~350k This is on avg for offers in Redmond and was expecting better offer for the Bay Area. Rsu: 320k over 4 years The bonus 46k (20%) is expected and not guar...Read more
Base: 145k Sign on: 40k (split over 2 years) RSU's: 150k over 4 years. Target Annual Bonus: 10-20% Relocation: 6k lump sum or some package (I thought the relocation was standard and will be around 20k, but I don't know why I was offered low. Should I negotiate this with recruiter?) This is for Te...Read more
8YOE Sr eng, remote, unlimited pto, there’s an extra 70k bonus in 5 years. Just sharing ORIGINAL and NEGOTIATED offers. I probably won’t take it. They lowballed so hard at first, that I feel like 💩. Interview process was not hard, and made for 63. Yet the job positing had 63-64 numbers. Shady af...Read more
For this L67 offer: 240k base, 1MM stock, 250k sign on in year 1 and 150k sign on in year 2, is this a tier 2 or tier 3 offer? I assume tier 1 will be much lower which doesn’t require any additional approval. Current TC: 500k
Hi everyone! Graduating soon and need some advice. Which one should I pick? Also, if anybody knows the bands for these roles, is there room for negotiation (specifically Databricks)? How is career progression at these companies? Where could I hit senior the fastest? Edit: This post is getting a lo...Read more
YoE: 9 Also evaluating if my current management is willing to match.