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Microsoft wants to reward rank-and-file employees for helping to deliver accelerating revenue growth for the fiscal year that just ended.

Microsoft tells employees it will hand out one-time cash awards of up to 25% of annual bonus

Microsoft gives one-time cash awards of up to 25% of annual bonus

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Microsoft gives one-time cash awards of up to 25% of annual bonus- Grapevine

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I interviewed with Microsoft for Sde-2 level role but they are offering L60 to me. Stocks are good since I don’t get Rsus as part if my comp in GS. Should I consider it? Recruiter is not budging for negotiation at all. Base is almost same

Software Developer

Received an Offer from Microsoft
Level: L62
Base 42LPA
Stocks 125k USD for 4 years
Joining Bonus: 12L + 4L
Bonus: ~10% of base

Current Employer: Google 
Level: L4
Base: 32LPA
Unvested Stocks: 75k USD for 4 years
Bonus: 15% of base

Questions:
Is it worth switching from Google to Microsoft?
How are the stock refreshers and hikes in Microsoft?

Offer Evaluation

Application Engineer

PhonePe:
Designation: Software Engineer 
Fixed: 29L
Joining Bonus: 3L
Esop: 20L (vested over 4 years)
Team: Pincode
Work Location: Bangalore 

Microsoft:
Level: L61(SDE-2)
Fixed: 27L
Joining Bonus: 2L(1L in 1st year, 1L in second year)
Relocation Bonus: 1.62L
Bonus: 0-20% based on company performance
Stocks: 30K USD
Benefits: Standards Microsoft perks
Team: webXT team(edge, bing, video performance etc..)
Location: Hyderabad 


Please give your views on this offer. Which is the best. I have a total of 2.5+ yoe.

Offer Evaluation Phonepe | Microsoft

Software Engineer

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I'm currently making 40lpa as a consultant in india. 4 years out of tier 1 mba. Interviewing with a UAE based startup for a strategy role. What would be the right number to quote. I'd quote 52LPA in India - looking for the AED equivalent.

UAE salary equivalent for 40LPA India

Strategy & Operations

Need help in deciding how can I negotiate on the numbers.
Fixed- 32LPA
Stocks- 65000 usd over 4 years (13L for first year)
Joining- 3L
Relocation- 3L

Current TC- 40LPA fixed, 12lpa esops
(Fantasy sports company)

Other Offer in hand from a startup (sass b2b)
Fixed- 43.5LPA
Variable- 4.5LPA
Esops- 1Cr over 4 years

Received an offer from Microsoft

You should go for Microsoft even if it isn't optimal at the moment in terms of cash component. In the long run this will pay off by opening a lot more doors in tier1 and FAANG companies or you might get chance to also move onsite to US where you can earn a lot more. ESOPs have no value until the startups make an exit - where the odds are highly against you. Probability would be less than 1%. I've worked with multiple startups and learnt this the hard way. Also as you move up the levels, it gets increasingly more competitive to get into tier1 companies. So get into it while you can.. and think of long term than short term salary deficit. It will pay off..

Director Product

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How was your appraisal at Microsoft this year? Most places have not given any hikes. And MS also  announced no hikes this year. For those in Microsoft,  did you get any monetary benefit this year?

How was the appraisal season at Microsoft?

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Just an open ended question on why are layoffs happening on such a scale. I personally feel the skill to salary ratio has fucked up so much lately that the companies are having to fire people who are essentially useless to them. More of liabilities than just assets! What do you think?

Layoffs - who do you blame?

Absolutely agreed. Hiring in hordes because money was easily available earlier and founders/companies thought that they will be able to build more and hence get more value / valuation sooner was the core reason why the skill to salary ratio got f’ed up. And it’s good that it’s being reset now. 
  
 Coming to who to blame for layoffs - no one. It’s pure capitalism - there was money, hence there were jobs. For whatever time people got paid a lot more than they deserved - they should be rather thankful. If they built their life around the assumption that this much money was the new normal, it was their naïveté. Companies got to survive, and they have to do whatever has to be done… as long as it’s ethical. Firing is fine. Not paying salaries / dues is not.

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Software Lead

Looking to get some insights on senior engineer manager pay at Microsoft

Senior Engineering manager pay at Microsoft

Software Architect

I have worked at Microsoft for a year at L59, got the job through campus selection. 
Despite of a lot of hard work, my manager said there is not much hope to promote me to L60 even after 6 more months.
I landed an offer in Google, with 25 percent increase in inhand salary and almost same valued stock component as in my current CTC.
Despite of the salary change being so good, I’ve had people telling me that this is not a good time to switch to Google because:
1. The laying off secenario at Google 
2. The work life balance has become terrible there in the past year
3. There is a lot of office politics there, so bad working environment in general 
4. Microsoft Stocks have a lot more potential than Google stocks

Please share your opinions on Google vs Microsoft.
Thanks.

Getting an offer from Google after spending 1 year in Microsoft

Data Scientist

Zoom layoffs 1300 or 15% employees on tuesday.

Zoom layoff 1300

Can someone please refer me to some SE 2 openings at MSFT?
Job IDs: 
1737188
1736101

MSFT referral

AMA about Goldman Sachs

Risk Analytics

How many folks here 100% refuse to share last salary and are adant that HR state their budget. How do you guys do it and also has it ever happened that you needed up losing a great opportunity coz of this???

Refusing to divulge last salary

While actual bonus amount hasn't changed, they've adjusted the % for high performers. 4 raters were previously paid 150% and 5 raters were paid 200%

Not like I had motivation to work hard enough for a 4 anyway but now it's not even worth much lol

Bain adjusts its bonus compensation payout

Growth And Strategy

What are your net worth targets and goals by age?
Here's mine:

25: 10L ✅
30: 50L ✅
35: 1.5 Cr 🟡
40: 3 Cr 🟡

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Product Manager

Looks like the real winner is $msft

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What changed for you post acquisition and how did it change your lives

Context: worked at a small startup getting acquired soon by a publicly listed company

Anyone who worked at a startup then got acquired by a big company?

I was working in a startup, but I left only after a couple of years. 😅 That startup got acquired by a big company some years after I left.  
  
 My co-workers who stayed till the acquisition, their life changed in two ways at acquisition: 
  
 1. Each of them got USD $1 million cash in exchange for the e-sops / equity they owned  
  
 2. On acquisition, their salaries immediately got doubled by the acquiring company, in line with the company's salary bands 
  
 So there, that's how lives change on acquisition. 😄

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Sometimes our company exaggerates basic perks, Are any such good perks applicable in your current company? 

Razorpay: MacBook For Evryone 
Meesho: Work from Anywhere 

Also, Pet sick leave etc

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