MSFT SWE offer 65k lowball?

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Aug 12, 2021 42 Comments

I recently received an internal MSFT offer for a team transfer from Europe to a high cost of living city in North America

The offer is a copy-paste of my current EU package (just different currency). Am I being massively lowballed? I was expecting about 2x... is this normal for MSFT? How much can I negotiate? Do they not change salary based on location? I'm kinda disappointed, it seemed like a cool team, but can I even survive on this?

EDIT: This is NOT Seattle/Bay/NYC (but COL is close)
EDIT2: Vancouver

YOE: 2 as SWE
New MSFT offer base/stocks (USD): 65/10
Current MSFT EU base/stocks (USD): 65/10

#microsoft #msft #salaries #career #europe

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