I got a Microsoft offer as a software engineer in the US. I am not American (need work visa). I am a recent graduate (BS not MS) with no previous experience and no competing offer. Base: $110k Signing bonus: $15k Stock: $65k over 4 years Is this good? Should I try to negotiate? As said before, I have no competing offers so I do not have leverage.
Without competing offers and no current job, they are not going to budge.
This is standard new grad offer. If you have any leverage you can move it up to 50k sign on and 120k stocks
Accept and be happy you get to work in America at one the biggest tech companies in the world.
good offer for L59
Slightly below average for a Microsoft new grad, but a great offer nonetheless compared to the average new grad not on blind.
Good offer. If you are from one of the top universities in US or have competing offers, new grads can get like 150k RSU but you are not in such a case hence good offer.
Try to negotiate and don't accept the first offer you receive (don't be too greedy). If they are getting you a work visa you'll be stuck with them till you get your green card. So try to negotiate your stocks or base. Also comps differ from state to state CA, NY, WA or Massachusetts are expensive places to live. If couldn't get anything go with it. You are still young and plant of time to prove yourself and get where you want to be. Don't listen to stupid MAGA (Mericans!) who want to demotivate you. The country needs talent like you and they should be happy to have you here.
The offer is for WA. I will try to negotiate..I am not desperate to accept the offer. I think I have chances of getting a job in another company (yes, it was a bit silly of me to apply only to one company). If not, I can go for a MS (in the US also) and try again in 2 years
Yeah, Google, Amazon (AWS), Facebook and many more badly need people. Good luck, Microsoft and IBM wouldn't be my first choice.
Take it, of course. You have 0 experience and just having microsoft on your resume puts you on a whole different level.
Not bad. You can't negotiate if you don't have competing offers. L60?
Yes. L60. Thanks for the reply and for pointing out that I missed this detail. I also thought I would not be able to negotiate with no other offer.
It doesn’t look like L60 offer, base seems too low