The Microsoft office in vancouver has been on a recent hiring blitz for their Teams product. I got the email from my recruiter last night that they want to extend an offer. My next step is discussing compensation and a casual meeting with the hiring manager. I wanted to see if any vancouver microsoft employees are here so I could get a sense of what to aim for in terms of TC and some questions about the culture at this office.#tech #canada #microsoft #vancouver
Yoe and what role u got the offer for ?
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/963400/Software-Engineer this is the posting. I have ~4 yoe mostly at small early staged start ups and companies you've never heard of before. Currently I'm working for a medium sized company in the BI space. I'm stronger on the frontend engineering side of thing, so tasks like optimizing performance, integrating with services and making architecture decisions. Currently I'm living in ottawa and the recruiter told me I'd have to relocate.
Don't have to relocate right away. You will eventually but you can stay where you are until Microsoft opens up offices. That's HR's policy for all new hires. And with 4 Y0E you make sure they give you at least 120k base and 30k stock.
I’m planning on interviewing too and I’m from Ottawa as well! Similar experience.
This is great and all BUT you cannot negotiate their offer if it's a hiring events
How open are they to counters? I'm worried they will offer less than I'm currently making.
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What numbers did you get OP. Also what level? In the same boat.
They gave me L59. No number yet I held out on giving first number
How did the negotiations go?
Did not accept. They wouldn't budge in base salary. Offered a signing bonus and more stock.
How long did they take to get back? I'm still waiting for offer three weeks after verbal offer
What did they finally offer?
How much Microsoft offers to Level 64 with 11 Yoe ? Does Microsoft provide relocation package and Visa assistance if individual want to move from India to Vancouver?
With 11yoe you can even try principle manager i.e. level 65 in india. Yes Microsoft provides a reasonable relocation package and visa assistance.
It's internal promotion , ... Principal i.e.65 will take time. Please help me with approx salary
Yes vanc office is hiring and it's a beautiful city to live in. Welcome . To get idea of tc, share your current details, loc, role, yoe
How is the work life though? The devs I spoke with seemed to like their jobs. They were there + 15 years. I want to factor in wlb into the equation. I do think in terms of career growth this would be one of the best opportunities for someone like me.
Hey I have a offer of 110k base, 25k sign on, 40k stock. l61 , 4 YOE . do you mind rating this offer? For data scientist. I need to move to Vancouver for family as well