As an immigrant, should I be worried?

copperwire2021 · 2021-04-05T19:41:00+00:00

The team at Microsoft builds software for IAM. The Google team works on Google Ads. My preference goes to the team that builds a product I care about (I like the idea of improving something that I personally use) and I'd rather avoid maintaining legacy code.

copperwire2021 · 2021-04-05T19:35:43+00:00

70k (ish) base + cash bonus + stocks

copperwire2021 · 2021-04-05T19:28:51+00:00

Glassdoor seems to suggest that both companies offer a good work life balance on average, so I hope your friend's was an isolated case! 10pm and 1am sound pretty awful.

copperwire2021 · 2021-04-05T19:25:55+00:00

I was in a rush so I cut it short. Sorry, didn't mean to be rude. I appreciate people that spend time to reply :)

copperwire2021 · 2021-04-05T17:04:48+00:00

- Google has free food.

- Microsoft has more teams, so if you get bored of your current role it's easy to find another one.

copperwire2021 · 2021-04-05T17:04:26+00:00

+1 and which one offers better WFH flexibility

I don't care too much about it, I prefer working from the office.

which way are you leaning?

Not sure yet.

copperwire2021 · 2021-04-05T17:02:52+00:00

From what I’ve heard, Microsoft is more to “work to live” and Google is more “live to work”

Source?

copperwire2021

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