Msft L66 WLB

Sep 25, 2020 48 Comments

Hi Folks,
I got a Microsoft offer L66, currently E5 at FB. I was looking outside FB to have less stress and WLB. How is WLB and stress at MSFT L66, TC wise it's almost similar about 450 in either place.

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  • Join Office, it’s all chill. Even Windows is great. Don’t go to Azure.
    Sep 25, 2020 5
  • Msft refreshers at 66 is 60-80K for 5 years. Your TC will go down after 4 years. How long have you been at FB and total experience?
    Sep 25, 2020 4
    • Azure experience: You can get special refreshers if you can articulate the request to your manager and skip, they will set you up. Just need to time it right. To succeed at the Principal level you need a team were you have a good connection with your manager, as above L65 a LOT depends on your manager and skip. With an L66 you should pretty much be able to decide what you do and when. In my experience after you show you can have an impact (should take 6-9 months if you are a good fit for the role), is easy to say 'no' and avoid projects you do not like or teams that are toxic, you just need to communicate well and be a bit political about (i.e. do not complain, frame things positively, etc). Even then, sometimes things will suck - if that is the case, give feedback and wait the situation out; there is a lot going behind close doors with upper/middle management, and they tend to eventually sort things out, since nobody is PIPd/fired/pushed out as principal up, and everybody have to work together.
      Sep 26, 2020
    • OP
      Thanks, for the insight no PIP is welcome since at FB there is constant stress of PIP which is unhealthy.
      Sep 26, 2020
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    jmp21

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    jmp21
    How did you get l66? Did you ask for it from the start?
    Sep 25, 2020 2
  • Avoid Dynamics/BAG. Bad WLB.
    Sep 25, 2020 0
  • Amazon
    GifI77

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    GifI77
    It is hard to get L66
    Sep 25, 2020 1