Education: CS B.Tech. (IIT/NIT)
Total Years of Experience: 2.3 years
Prior Experience: Expedia, SDE2 (2 months to joining, august,2021)
Prior Compensation: 31.5 (23 fixed + variable)
Date of the Offer: 13 september, 2021
Company: Microsoft
Title/Level: SDE-2, L61
Location: Hyderabad, India
Base Salary: INR 25 LPA (excl gratuity)
Relocation Bonus: 98k
Joining Bonus: 3L
RSUs: USD 25,000 (4 yrs @ 25%/yr)
Total comp (Base + RSUs+bonus): ~INR 37.5 LPA
Bonus: Performance-based bonus up to 20% of salary every year
Benefits: 20 paid vacation days + 12 paid sick leave days + yearly sports stipend to spend on sports stuff or free gym membership + covered health/dental/vision + cabs + food
Was given 3 days to accept or decline the offer.
I am bit confused if i should join MS with only this compensation gap, as Expedia's benefits and work culture is amazing.