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My friend who is earning 100k base in Amazon Dublin as SDE2 has recently got an offer from Microsoft for 94K base + 170k USD stocks + 11k car allowance. The position he interviewed was for 63/64 but they downgraded it in offer to 62. Amazon even has on-call benefits of almost 1k post tax every month, that he gets. Would they negotiate on this, because frankly the offer is overall downgrade from his current role. #tech #microsoft #dublin #ireland
Is car allowance standard in the UK? I've not heard of it in India or the US.
I would add ~10% to the microsoft comp as the average annual bonus. Range at 62 is 0-20% and people get 10-12% for on-target performance.
I would add ESPP on top of the 94k which aws doesn’t has
Always Microsoft over AWS
If it’s a downgrade why take it ?
What do you mean by on-call benefits? are you paid for oncall on Dublin?
Some teams are some arent
Stay away from msft specifically the Dublin site. Extremely toxic, long working hours with US teams, low compensation , lots of politics involved and zero empathy. Tell your friend to stay away if they like their mental health
Don’t go. Will take time for getting promotions
Is not MSFT at hiring freeze??
Being down leveled means he has a take it or leave it offer, IMHO. On a good team, down leveling won’t matter in a year as you show impact and are capable. He’ll also get a sign on bonus.
There was no mention of sign on bonus. He is thinking to reject it and not negotiate it coz he currently gets 6500+ per month post tax today, and if he accepts it then the pay would drastically lower for atleast 1 year.
They should have asked him what he was looking to make before giving him an offer. If it’s truly a pay cut, let them know and see what they say. It’s a reasonable request if you’re being truthful and not just trying to squeeze TC.