Need to decide which one to opt for Facebook E5 - Base - 185K Stocks - 650K for 4 years Sign on - 0 Bonus Target - 15% Pros - Better refreshers Brand value Cons - Bad WLB Microsoft L64 (Azure) - Base - 185K Stocks - 350K for 4 years Sign on - 100K for 2 years Bonus - 15% - 30% Pros - Better WLB, though not sure in Azure Cons - Refreshers are very less I prefer to have decent work life balance and growth. TC: 245K YOE : 7.5
Man, I'm a L64 and my base is over 10k less! That said, I very much enjoy working for msft. Probably why my base is so low! I am pretty sure everyone knows any talk of me leaving would be a bluff so I need to figure out a better positing to negotiate from
You know Blind community would vote for high TC so Facebook is de facto winner.
Can't you ask MS to match? Even with the sign on, there's 200k difference (in 4 years). And refreshers are way less at MS too. Tell MS that if they match you'll join right away (or some other strategies). How many yoe?
YOE? Ask FB for a 100K sign on and go with them even if they don’t give it. Azure WLB in general is not chill. Depending on the specific org/team, you may have better WLB at Fb, aside from more money.
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You said you value WLB? guess that means microsoft. 200k is alot to leave on the table though. That being said, you're still making good $
Depends on your life situation. If you have kids, go with WLB
Go for Microsoft if you want any kind of wlb. Even though the wlb at azure may not be as good as some of the other teams at msft, it’ll still be wayyyyyy better than fb. If you want growth and high tc/refreshers while sacrificing your wlb, go to fb. Also OP are you l5 at amazon ?
Is this remote? Base looks low for FB.
Both the offers are for Seattle area
I’m sure FB can go higher on base. First try to get MSFT to match FB then get FB to go up. If you’re not sure MSFT will go up, say you have an L64-65 offer coming and they’re working to come out with competitive numbers. Then cite that you’d sign for 200k base. Then buy me a beer.
Try to use your MS offer to get a better sign-on at FB. Or you could got to MS and jump ship to FB after two years if you don't like it. Depends how much money the better WLB is worth to you
Poll!