A friend (yes, a friend) received an offer during covid (sometime in May) for Microsoft with only a two year stock vest of surprisingly low stock (20k or 25k). Has anyone either received this to confirm what he got or has anyone received a 4-year vest since covid shutdown began? Is this how MS is going to be for the foreseeable future? I’m worried because I’m interning at LinkedIn right now and am concerned that LinkedIn will drop their normally high comp to something much lower since MS seems to have done that. any advice would be appreciated.
Microsoft and LinkedIn have always been lower pay. You get that trade-off with good WLB.
Are you sure that it’s a 2 year vest? I had a new grad offer before for $150k RSU over 3.5 years.
That’s exactly why I’m concerned. Seems like a new thing some companies have been doing. Lyft has switched to two year vests as well, if I remember correctly. I know last year’s offer for interns was awesome. That’s why I’m just checking to see if anyone has interviewed recently to see if COVID has affected salaries significantly
my offer was in late february
Yup someone I know negotiated for 140k last year and I didn’t get that after negotiating but I did get 70k. That’s low.
How recently did you interview? And was it two year or four year vest for you?
My friend got a 70k stock and then after asking for more they raised it to 80k. They subtly indicated it's because of interview performance
Very low, if friend is an intern and this is the return offer
Not an intern, just interviewed during COVID as a new grad