Offer evaluation

Current TC: 36.5 base + 22L ESOPs (per year) YOE: 3.8 Yrs was working as SDE2 for last 2 years

Microsoft Azure Offer: L61 Base: 31L Joining Bonus: 8L RSUs: 110k USD in 4 years 20% performance bonus (assuming 10% is given, 20% is upper cap) Overall: ~65L for the first year

Zepto SDE3 TC: haven't received the offer numbers yet, but got a confirmation for the interview results Mostly, Base would be around 50L and total TC would be around 55

1. Is Microsoft this big brand name to take a paycut in terms of base? Zepto vs Microsoft -> which one would look better on resume

2. have heard about the bad work culture at Zepto. I have worked in startups, more work is fine. I am bit inclined towards it given the designation and opportunity to learn compared to Microsoft.

3. issues with microsoft: a) level 61 -> hence moving to the next level would take atleast 1-1.5 yrs b) joining bonus is for first year only. after that my TC will take a hit. and hikes are not that good at Microsoft c) microsoft azure also has some bad reviews about the work life balance

4. issues with zepto: a) most of the reviews for work culture are bad b) brand name compared to microsoft

Career expectation: Good work with lot of learning opportunities.

Other offers: Oracle OCI -> TC same as microsoft, but after researching figured out work is not good and hence planning to reject it Nutanix -> trying to low ball me. Giving me a paycut in overall TC