I heard if you negotiate a high salary, then during annual review you will get less because the company wants to keep some sort of balance between everyone in the same level. I understand this from a base salary point of view (where the merit increase might be lower). But is this also applicable for your sign-on equity? —— (I was told that I will get an offer but do not have it yet) Msft - L64 10yoe 250k tc
How much of the equity refresh amount is decided by your manager vs the comp team? The comp team will know?
Comp team sets ranges for refresh. Manger has discretion to adjust. Manager does not know sign on equity unless director level or above.
Manager has little control after comp team set the range.
No, equity refresh is based on your level and performance. Also your manager probably doesn't know your initial grant. My manager told me he didn't.
That’s surprising... in a good way :) well, good for people who got a lot of equity. I have been told by few googlers that refreshers are also affected by base. Is that true?
Refreshers are based on level and performance. But it's possible your manager can tweak it up or down.