Microsoft vs Workday

Cerner
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Mar 31, 2019 20 Comments

I have one offer from Microsoft L60 119k+30k bonus+75k in stocks in Redmond area and one from Workday Software Engineer 3 125k base + 115k in stocks in bay area. I am having a hard time deciding which one to take. Which one should I accept considering career growth and work life balance.

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  • Microsoft, the difference is not much to compensate for bay area living standard and Microsoft brand.
    Mar 31, 2019 1
  • Uber
    nooway

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    nooway
    Workday
    Mar 31, 2019 3
  • Microsoft / Product
    Brazuka

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    Bain & Company
    Brazuka
    Offers are missing details such as annual cash bonus (Microsoft's target is 10%, 20% max) and refreshers. Unless the refresher from workday is super high looks like Microsoft's offer is better and at a lower COL area.
    Mar 31, 2019 2
    • Cerner
      kkbb0880

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      OP
      i m not sure how stock refresher works....bt no mention of it in workday offer letter....how is growth and promotion possibility at Microsoft?
      Mar 31, 2019
    • Microsoft / Product
      Brazuka

      Go to company page Microsoft Product

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      Bain & Company
      Brazuka
      Microsoft career growth is
      - 2.5 to 5% annual base salary raise (not counting promo raise)
      - level promo every 1-2 years until senior, every 2-3 years until principal. Each band has 2 levels. Promos have 5-7% base salary raise but no stock grant.
      - in addition to cash bonus, there's a small stock refresher each year (vesting in 4 years) in a slightly lower range than the cash bonus.
      Mar 31, 2019
  • Amazon
    Vaporeon

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    Vaporeon
    Do you know what teams you'll be on for each? Do you have a preference for either team? Microsoft definitely has more name brand power if that's important to you. But also you have to consider if you want to live in the bay area. The commutes can be hellish
    Mar 31, 2019 5
  • Microsoft / Eng
    Fork Bomb

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    Fork Bomb
    Don't work for Workday, they have their own proprietary programming language which means your skills will be less transferable.
    Apr 1, 2019 0