It is one of the most anticipated times of the year for Microsoft employees: where double increases and payments are received. And as it is almost a tradition in great technological ones, transparency (sought or not) emerges. Hundreds of Employees of the Redmond company are sharing their compensation data on a collaborative spreadsheet that already has more than 850 tickets and has been analyzed by Business Insider.
An anonymous and voluntary document. This initiative has emerged from the employees themselves so that everyone knows the salary reality of their company. And also to see the great salaries in Silicon Valley. This is filled without anyone knowing what an employee charges from the company. And what is included in the spreadsheet offers a fascinating look at Microsoft’s salary structure, detailing the base salary, bonuses and actions of shares. And he does it at a crucial moment for the company.
The war for talent in the era of AI. These data are not used in a vacuum. Microsoft is in the middle of an aggressive campaign to attract and retain the best talent in artificial intelligence, an effort that has promoted its income to record figures. The company does not hesitate to get the checkbook, trying to sign rivals talent as a goal with millionaire offers. Although, on the other hand, it beats record in layoffs while getting large amounts of benefits. Something a bit incongruous.
In fact, Microsoft has applied new salary guidelines this year with specific exceptions to be able to compete more aggressively in the AI market. This occurs in a paradoxical context: despite having fired thousands of workers, the company insists that its global workforce will remain stable, indicating that the hiring plans in strategic areas remain at full speed.
The key salaries exposed. Although compensation in the technological sector depends largely on the actions, the base salary is a key indicator to compare the strategic importance of the different teams within a company. Based on the analysis of almost 300 software engineers in the United States, within the spreadsheet these are the average base salaries in one of Microsoft’s most important divisions:
- Cloud + Ai: 204,135 dollars
- Commerce + Ecosystems: 191,597 dollars
- Security: 189,285 dollars
- Azure: 176,035 dollars
- Experiences and Devices (includes Windows and Surface): 175,123 dollars
- Microsoft AI: 170,456 dollars
- Xbox: 168,831 dollars
- COREAI: 167,759 dollars
Record extract made by Microsoft employees with their salaries.
A fascinating look, but with nuances. Now, you have to take this data cautiously, since they are not official or exhaustive at all, since it represents a very small sample of the total of 219,000 employees that Microsoft has right now. In addition, it is completely voluntary and anonymous information, so it could be adulterated.
On the other hand, it is likely that employees with the highest wages or higher positions are less likely to participate in this type of collaborative documents, so the figures could be lower than the real average of the entire company.
An interesting fact that underlines the source consulted is that all these salary ranges self -declared by current employees tend to be lower than those that appear in the official guides of Microsoft itself for new hiring. This could confirm that bias or simply reflect the aggressive policy of the company to attract new talent with very competitive initial offers.
Great salaries in the technological environment. It is known that if you are a good programmer or technological expert the salary will not be bad. In the case of Spain it is known that salaries can reach 170,000 euros, but outside our borders, the engineers specialized in AIs are becoming the best paid in history. Therefore, there are already many future options for those who want to enter this world, being interface designers who will surely be better paid. But above all the departure to Europe is almost mandatory to have a good salary.
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