Redmond-based Microsoft L62s and lower: where do you buy houses?
Aug 16, 2021
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Entertaining a Microsoft L62 offer in Redmond, but having a hard time accepting while looking at the house prices within a reasonable driving distance of Redmond. This is a substantial increase in TC for me, but I don’t want to go from stable home owner for a non-tech company to a renter at a tech company.
Is it reasonable to think I’ll be able to afford a single family house with an L62 TC that’s not a rundown shack, with goodish schools, and a reasonable commute? Or are those pretty much all bought by higher level Microsoft employees?
Current TC: ~120k in mid CoL location
Current offer(initial offer, still negotiating): ~170k not including sign on. Plus Microsoft benefits are major upgrade for me. Don’t plan on accepting this low offer.
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Follow up: if I get an offer from Microsoft for one position, is there anyway to leverage that into a similar level position that’s available in a different Microsoft location? Ie L62 from Redmond to different posted L62 in a different location? Or am I back at square one trying for a different opening since interviews are so segregated at Microsoft?
Go to Redfin and check the monthly payment then add few hundred for utilities.
Based on that you will get a pretty good idea of monthly cost to own a home in your location of choice.