L63 SRE engineer in Redmond YOE: over 12 years (as SDE, not SRE) Location: Redmond First number recruiter throws out: Base: 155k Sign-on Bonus: 20k / 1 or 2 yr Stock: 80k / 4yr Annual Bonus: 0 ~ 30% of Base Relocation (from Boston, myself only): 8k on my own / 5k with temp housing, rental car, storage So assuming taking the whole sign-on bonus the first year, and 15% of year end bonus, the first year TC she gave me is ~218k We are at the beginning of the process and these numbers have not been through the hiring manager yet, so naturally she should expect me to ask for more, I'm thinking this is what I would be asking: Base: 165k Sign-on Bonus: 70k / 2yr Stock: 180k / 4yr which will come to first year TC 245k with sign-on bonus split over two years and I expect to be haggled down by the recruiter. My goal is to have first year TC reach 230k ~ 240k range, is it a realistic goal? I have a master degree from a State University, I don't have any competing offer and I am not coming from FAANG companies but one advantage I have is that the recruiter has mentioned the hiring manager is anxious to close this deal. Couple other questions I have: 1) is it common to include Annual Bonus into the TC calculation? I don't think it is something you can count on. 2) Is relocation package standard across the company? I was told 8k/5k is low, is that true? Thanks
dude u talk about msft, and this is the typical offer msft provide, and msft usually dont negotiate higher.
Even for 63?
63 is nothing.
You won't get it unless you have really good competing offers.
@Soporific Thanks for the feedback, so do you think I should just take the first number she gave and don't ask for more or I should just aim lower. If aiming lower, how much lower would be realistic? Thanks