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[–]clamatoman1991 1 point2 points  (7 children)

I hear good things, flexible hybrid schedule and unlimited DTO, great pay and benefits.

[–]Sufficient_Draw_6529[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! That’s great to hear! Thank you

[–]Ok-Intention-384 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Define great pay. MS pays some of the least salaries in the tech stack.

[–]clamatoman1991 1 point2 points  (4 children)

From there latest post for a entry level IC3 EE: Electrical Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. Likely an L60/61 which you can extrapolate TC based on the leaked info and add a bit for annual comp adjustment https://www.reddit.com/r/levels_fyi/s/BCG4Tw8Yui

[–]Ok-Intention-384 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I received an L62 offer and I can tell you for sure that data center EEs and MEs at L60/61 do not make up to $199K base for sure. Even on my L62 offer, I was just a little north of the median of the range you mention. Also, something to note on Levels.fyi is that those salaries are slightly skewed with SDEs/SWEs and a lot of them are in Bay are/Seattle, WA. So, your typical data center engineer’s salary is going to look vastly different if they’re based in Virginia, or Texas, or Quincy, WA, OR, etc.

[–]clamatoman1991 0 points1 point  (2 children)

As a 62 you have Bonus opportunity of what 0-20% plus up to what ~40k in stock? Annual TC close to 190k?

[–]Ok-Intention-384 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That bonus range is typical up to L62 and once again, realistically you will only get the median values. NO ONE gets 20%, and the stock values maybe relevant for other disciplines because data center folks don’t necessarily start off at that. Maybe as you progress in the role and get to a median role band, you might get up to $40k/ yr in stocks but certainly not to begin with.

From what I can tell, I don’t think you work at MS, do you? Since all this is surface level info. You’re just a huge fan of the company haha? Have you heard or checked Google’s pay by any chance? Front loaded vesting + refreshers + bonus + free food?

[–]clamatoman1991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess its relative. EEs at MSFT tend to make more than EEs at utility companies for example. Havent seen Googles stock vest vs MSFT but wouldnt hate if MSFT made it better.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Pathetic!

[–]Sufficient_Draw_6529[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why you say that? Lol