Education: B.E. in Computer Science
Years of Experience: 6+
Date of the Offer: March 2020
Company: Microsoft
Title/Level: L60 (Software Engineer)
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $118,000SigningBonus:$30,000
Stock bonus: $110kstockgrantvestedover4yearsBonus:Performance-basedbonus,target10Totalcomp(Salary+Bonus+Stock+Signingbonus):$170k (Max Earning Potential)
Benefits: Usual
Other details: Original offer was for L60 and no change after negotiation.
Microsoft has the habit of giving lowball offer. Negotiated for L61/L62 but team was moreover interested in explaining me about the current situation and budget they had for position. Rejected the offer as I didn't like Microsoft trying to map me to a much lower level.