Apple ICT4 offer - $190k base $450k stocks for 4 years $70k sign-on 10% target $80k refresher target Microsoft counter - Promo to L64 $190k base $500k stocks 4 years (+75k leftover) $70k sign-on 15% target $60k refresher max TC - 200k YOE - 5 Edit - thanks for all of your insights and wishes. I accepted counter from Microsoft.
Wow I think this is the best offer I’ve ever seen from MS 5 YOE
Thanks
Wow this looks amazing! Op are you in Azure?
Nope, E&D
Awesome offer from Microsoft. One of the best. How did you convince Microsoft to give you the 70k sign on
Nothing extraordinary, shared the apple offer numbers
Congrats Op
Did u just tell ur manager to counter?
Yeah.
Wow, this is very interesting. Definitely something for me to try lol.
Never heard of retention sign on !
Just like SSA, it’s called special cash award
Does your offer letter specify 10 percent target for bonus?
Yes.
Grats op... I wish I had that retention. Would have stayed
OP that is some crazy offer. How long have you been at microsoft?
3 years 9 months.
Location?
Seattle.
World Conflicts
Yesterday
779
Peaceful Protest Hasn’t Worked and Has Been Met With Aggression.
Tech Industry
4h
656
Question about women in their 30’s?
Tech Industry
3d
40896
What happens when most of your team is Indian?
Tech Industry
17h
1584
Why doesn't OpenAI offshore and reduce expense by 80%
Software Engineering Career
10h
2161
L4 Google -> 45 interviews, 5 offers, AMA
I'd probably stay at MS. They fact they want to keep you and are beating the apple offer probably says something about your upward potential.
Plus OP already knows his way around the tech stack. Stay, work less hours, enjoy, get paid big bucks. That stock maybe 1M by the time it vests, given the current trajectory.
But relations would be ruined, isn’t it? Wouldn’t they expect more out of me?