Microsoft comp system is so weird
The 140% get a better offer and leave The 120% are prepping The 100% don’t care enough to leave The 80% won’t leave The 60% can’t leave Someone who gets 140% and someone who gets 60% get that from the target which is <= 30% of base salary. So it is at max a variance of 10% of base salary of that level from a top performer getting 140% to a low performer getting 60%. Why would you fret all round the year for 10% more.
140 above do get ssa but at m you are mostly correct
Yes, Microsoft yearly performance rewards is a joke. Not enough incentive for top performer to stay, and not enough penalty for a low performer to leave. It's a lose lose deal for all. Yet, somehow Microsoft tends to retain people for 10+ years!! Mystery.
It would retain as it means one doesn’t have to perform to stay at Microsoft. But it’s a bad deal both for Microsoft and its top performers. It’s only a good deal for the low performers who don’t need to work to stay
I’ve more than 6 YOE and want to apply for MSFT SWE roles. Which level and org I should target to get atleast 160k as base ?
YOE does not matter. Seen 20 YOE come in as SDE II. 160K base salary means L62 in west coast or L63 ish in other areas.
Bruh what?