Yeah, it's an interesting trend, back in the day (day 10 years ago) it was conventional wisdom that moving to Amazon was a good move (financially) for more junior levels, but that more senior levels (64+) did better at MS.

From personal experience, the principal/staff band now pays significantly better at FAANG than it does at MS (considering total comp, because above a certain level salary isn't a useful comparison)

The stock compensation is just bad at every level.FG are far ahead.