Microsoft vs Goldman Sachs

New / Eng
401k401

New Eng

401k401
Jul 11, 2018 20 Comments

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 :) )

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TOP 20 Comments
  • New / Sales
    Mooks

    New Sales

    Mooks
    I want to back that up - you’ll be a 6th class citizen @ GS. Traders rule the world there and then people selling complex financial products like derivatives, then investment bankers, then Private wealth managers and then the IT team is last.
    Jul 11, 2018 0
  • New
    Stevjobs

    Go to company page New

    Stevjobs
    Go to MS
    Jul 11, 2018 0
  • Facebook / Eng
    randomizes

    Go to company page Facebook Eng

    PRE
    Facebook, Teradata
    randomizes
    No state taxes in WA evens these offers out.
    Jul 11, 2018 0
  • Facebook / Eng
    randomizes

    Go to company page Facebook Eng

    PRE
    Facebook, Teradata
    randomizes
    MS is the better job.
    Jul 11, 2018 0
  • 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.
    Jul 11, 2018 0