Fresh out of university new grads were getting $100k/year base salaries there when I graduated about 11 years ago. Plus stock and bonuses. So for 3-5 years xp “normal” engineer it was very, very doable to have $300k total comp (stocks, bonus and base) at Microsoft. I’m quoting Microsoft Silicon Valley numbers because that was the one I was interning at the time.

No wonder they have to layoff if they do. Insanity that compensations reached this level. The definition of a bubble really.

You should look into how much money they make per employee.