Some of the technical leaders with long tenure are amazing. Benefits are good for employees with family and kids.
Pay is no longer competitive. Younger employees gain skills and leave for greener pastures (as they should).
Good to have on your resume for next future jobs
No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
I have ~12K to invest. I am confused if I should buy AMZN or MSFT. What y’all think? #personalfinance #investments
Amazon is 1.6T market cap Microsoft is 2.3T market cap The difference in market cap is pretty surprising considering I feel Amazon has larger impact on the overall economy. Microsoft is kinda 2nd rate any industry and product line I look. I can’t even think of anything it’s #1 in. How did Microso...Read more
At amazon, stock refreshes depend on the old rsus that are vesting that year. Basically, if there is a huge increase in stock price of amazon, you get lesser stock refreshes that year. Someone told me that, at Microsoft its not the case - the amount of rsus or cash bonus does not depend on the old ...Read more
Hello, Basically, I need info on RSU refresh at Amazon after staying there for 2-3 years. Why ? Because I am Evaluating an offer I got from Amazon vs Current Microsoft offer. Microsoft base + perf bonus = Amazon base. Plus Microsoft has annual stocks refresh, this is balanced by Amazon’s joini...Read more
For like to like profiles (role, experience, grade levels, etc.) do Amazon, Microsoft pay less for Seattle employees vs Bay Area employees? How much? How about Google which is Hq’ed in Bay Area but has sizable base in WA? What typical % difference if any? Base vs stock difference?
So, I recently posted about Microsoft vs Amazon offers and everyone asked me to take the Microsoft offer. Now I have a Google offer too and my situation has changed (a bit) with Amazon. This is a big decision (personally) and would really like to get you guys' opinion :) Education: MS YOE: 2 Goog...Read more
Hi there, anyone knows what’s currently salary bump to cross senior band at Microsoft? Found couple of posts about it but seem pretty old. Any difference if promo happens in march vs September? And how long does it usually take to get from 62 to 63? TC 200k - 150base rest stock lvl62 at msft (prof...Read more
Hi fellow blinders, Could you please help with evaluating below offers. YOE: 6 Amazon (L5) - 82k base/ 56k, 46k year1 & 2 joining bonus / 1500 units - 150k ish GBP Microsoft (L64) - 100k base/7k car allowance/15% bonus/260k stock - 180k ish GBP Points to consider: * Although the difference betwe...Read more
Background: New Grad (B.S.) with 5+ previous internships Highly value: Culture/WLB >; Growth/Upside >; Benefits I have narrowed down my options to these 3 and having a hard time choosing. Remote offers are for current location. Note: These are maxed offers after negotiations. For new grad, Sq
Offers deadline on Monday...both are non-bay area and TC and all other factors are similar. Please, need your inputs on the prospects for: Power-perf meas/analysis engineer, base heavy (AMD) vs. Std cell library designer, stock heavy and steadily growing (Broadcom) Which one has better potential ...Read more
Currently at Microsoft on a team with poor WLB. TC is ~175 (Base, annual bonus, Stock) but this will bump up following annual comp adjustments in September. Have an offer from Bloomberg. Tc is 220: 186 Base 34 Annual Bonus For context I have less than 2 YOE. Considering NYC vs Seattle is the jum...Read more
Format: Base / Equity over 4 yrs. Excluding Sign on Background: Undergrad with 5+ previous internships Highly value: Culture, WLB, Growth/Upside. Benefits is a nice plus Chime (remote): 140k/160k at Current Valuation Bonus: 10% Team: Financial Platform + Pre-IPO (barely) + really great reviews ...Read more
I’ve got 3 offers, and need your suggestion on which to pick and reasoning for the same. I also have 2-3 other offers but declined those to keep it between these: Intel G9: 270k- base ~20% target cash bonus (they have APB/QPB) Stock: 250k/3yrs Sign-on bonus - 60k Yr1 - 460k Yr2 onwards - 400k Docu...Read more
Me and my fiancé have cash sitting at 100k. We are 29 YO working at Amazon and Microsoft. Combined salary at 320k. We have around 100k sitting on our bank account, we wanted to invest it somewhere. I wanted to invest in tech stocks like Amd, palantir, some EV stocks etc... Her, good dividend yiel...Read more
Folks considering opportunities at Pre-IPO companies, how are you justifying given the COVID-19 crisis and looming recession? Im coming up on my vest at AMZN and looking for opportunities outside. Most of the companies that Im interested are late stage, pre-IPO : Kong, Snowflake, Hashicorp, Segmen...Read more
Note: Google has been negotiated completely. Square and Meta do not negotiate for New Grads Google (Cambridge, MA): Base: 127k RSU: 130k / 4 years (33, 33, 22, 12) Bonus: 19k (15%) Sign-on: 35k Team: Google Commerce (Travel) Review: 223k for Y1, 188 Y2 _____________________________________ Meta ...Read more
Has anyone moved from AWS to Microsoft and had a hard time adjusting? Nothing is documented, there’s no onboarding/readiness program, and my coworkers are seemingly always on vacation (I’m in the UK). I’m all for work-life balance but I don’t know how anything ever gets done unless it’s a last minu...Read more
What are your thoughts on working for companies that use cloud infrastructure like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google GCP vs. Their own data centers (or hybrid)? I have 2 YOE, and I've only ever worked with AWS. While I have never worked with data centers, I only ever hear bad stories from my cow...Read more
--FAANG tier-- Facebook: Too political, disorganized, elitist Amazon: 'nuff said. Harsh culture of algorithmic stack ranking, long hours, low pay. Apple: Secrecy breeds siloed culture, top-down tyrannical, cheap about pay. Netflix: ? Don't they do stack-ranking but it's not as bad as in Amazon o...Read more
Hey blinders, My goal is to eventually move to the US. Reasons being: - Less crowded - Higher TC - Better quality air & roads - US is the hub of tech so I expect good growth and good work throughout - Foreign wali feeling and new experiences (not kidding) I have about 1.75 YoE, my ESOP grant will ...Read more