Got MS offer and need to move to redmond. I am married and no kids. Wife doesn’t work. How comfortably can i live and how much can I save? What would be rent for 1bhk near by Microsoft? May be 20 mins drive Base: 150k Bonus: 15k Stocks: 35k/year
You’ll do fine, just try not to live in a very expensive apartment.
Without kids it's normal
You won’t be able to afford the teslas or the house with covered pool
It’s okay I am not a fan of expensive car nor pool at home if at all im buying one
I have roughly the same TC and I own a house in Lynnwood that’s a 30 min drive to Redmond
Are you the sole earner of the house?
30 min without traffic, 1 hour during rush hour
You can get 1b1b around factoria 2k/mo maybe
With that TC you could survive comfortably in a homeless shelter! Good luck !
Are you sarcastic or is it real. I am asking for real though as I am not sure of col in Seattle
There is no place in USA that you cannot live comfortably with a salary north of 130K (willing to not live downtown ). I have friends living comfortably in dt Palo Alto with salary of 100k. So your post is kind of dumb sorry.
Hey look, even if you get a 2 bedroom apt, next to Microsoft building #91 (not sure, trying to remember) there are economical Apartments. Just the thing is it is filled with Indians only. I used to live in Redmond park apartments and I remember the rent was around 1500 back in 2017.
Is this L61 offer? This is doable if you are not looking for luxury. I live in a Seattle high rise at L60 (-15k your tc), but my significant other is also a high earner.
Yeah its L61 bad economy can’t negotiate much :(
I don’t think this offer is bad for L61, you have a top of band L60 stock offer with a solid salary according to levels. I negotiated ~8k/year in stock increase earlier this year as hiring was being frozen. Have you tried asking for more stock?
Did great in redmond when I was making 120k earlier this year with wife who was in school. You’ll do fine
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