Microsoft vs Goldman Sachs
Got 2 offers (experience: 27 months) Microsoft Redmond, WA Position: SDE (L60) Base: $120k Stocks: $25k (4 years) Signing Bonus: $28.5k Annual bonus - 0-20% Annual stock refresher - 0-9k$ Goldman Sachs Downtown, NYC Position: Software Engineer Base: $135k No stocks / signing bonus Annual bonus - 0-100% based on performance Does Goldman really pay that high bonuses ? Edit: Accepted Microsoft’s offer with signing bonus of 28.5k (previously 18.5k :) )
MS is the better job.
No state taxes in WA evens these offers out.
Unless the team absolutely sucks at MS you’ll be much better off there. Where’s the GS offer?
That MS RSU seems really low. Is that typical?
For lower levels it's what I've seen
RSUs for industry hires really suck. I got like 30k
GS will squeeze you dry even though they pay more. Your bonus will not be 100%. More like 40% even if you are a top performer. Also it's way more stressful than ms. I know many people there th Hate it.
Ask for more stocks from MS. I got more than that as a college grad 6 years ago.
Same here, 2 years ago
Microsoft pays much more stock to new grad than experienced.
Dude - i have my securities licenses from a past life & my best friends cousin just had her 10-year @ GS - if you saw what bond traders make then you’d take that offer letter, piss on it and mail it back to GS! However, the bonus of 100% of base could be spot on. Traders 100’s of % of base. But it will depend on factors out of your control. Market factors will be huge.
I would go for MSFT
GS offer is shit, but if you go in and do well maybe you'll be a rich banker! 😉
Go to MS