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Microsoft employees built their own pay spreadsheet, and it shows two companies

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Around 600 Microsoft employees have entered their pay into a crowdsourced spreadsheet circulating internally, and the resulting picture is of a company that now compensates two quite different populations. Base salaries run from $111,000 at level 59 to $280,000 at level 67, with Cloud and AI roles…

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  1. 2026-08-26 08:29 · The Next Web
    Microsoft employees built their own pay spreadsheet, and it shows two companies

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