I'm based out of Bangalore, India; So are the offers. Even if you're based out of Seattle/SFO/NYC/London etc., I'd like to know your general inputs. Current YOE: 6 years (Years at Microsoft: 5) Level in Microsoft: 62 Current TC (in INR): Base (22 lacs) + Bonus (1.5 lacs) + Stocks/year (8 lacs) = 31.5 lacs INR/year Offers I'm evaluating: 1) Amazon | SDE2 | L5 Base (28 lacs) + Joining bonus (14 lacs for first year, 11.5 lacs for second year) + Stocks (35 shares with 5%, 15%, 40%, 40% schedule) ~ about 45 lacs INR/year 2) Apple | ICT3 Base (32 lacs) + Joining bonus (4 lacs) + Stocks (75000 USD in 4 years) + 1.5 perf bonus ~ 50 lacs INR/year Team: Apple Online Store, Bangalore 3) Indeed | SWE3 Base (42 lacs) + Joining bonus (3 lacs) + Retention bonus (3 lacs) + LTips (that vest after 2 years) ~ 48 lacs INR/year I have a few questions: 1) What is the range for stock refreshers & perf bonuses in Apple for ICT3 and in Amazon for L5 ? 2) How easy is it to move to the US/London offices in Apple ? (I know that Amazon and Indeed promote it a lot) 3) If I want to move to Microsoft/Uber/Google/Fb in the future, which of these would be a stronger brand name ? How's the Apple Online Store team in Bangalore, India ? I'm trying to get data points on quality of work, amount of on-call load, quality of work life balance, amount of firing/retention.
Wow 50 lacs for 6 yoe?
Congratulations anyways. Every one of those offers looks great.
Congrats, and you have explained your scenario very well! I would say join Apple or amazon depending on the domain of work. Note domain of work is more important at this stage of your career, good salary will follow with good domain. Do not think about moving to US or abroad for better career prospects. Generally moving to US on L1 visa through a company will invite you being underpaid. L1 does not have an LCA like H1B and also you cannot shift companies and getting green card is a nightmare for Indians. Rather live like a King with that salary in Bangalore
Thank you for the reply, especially wrt L1 Visa ! It was a very useful insight
AoS is part of IS&T at Apple .
What is IS&T ? How is this org in terms of refreshers, wlb, quality of work ?
Just search on blind.
How much does Goog pay in bangalore for 6 yoe?
IIT?
What is the wlb in India? Are people working from 8am - 8pm in the Indian office?
Preety much the environment is much more fun and people dont get bored
Pick Amazon stock will continue to rise but it is going to be a lot of work.
Thanks :) Scenes in India have changed for Software engineers, especially if you have a good background !
Leave all offers and move to Microsoft USA
Have some constraints, I can't move to US right now. But I want to have that option open in the future
Then Apple is the best option. A trillion dollars company. They give easy moves to USA as well