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Urs is Google employee #8. He is so rich I doubt he is compensated in any way that's meaningful to him today. He probably only works to have a seat at the table and a say in how the future of technology is built.
> He is so rich I doubt he is compensated in any way that's meaningful to him today. Yet they still pay him a ton (executive comp is public). Weird.
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Transport options available to me living in mid-sized European city: - Tram - Train - Electric bicycle hire - Electric moped hire - Bicycle hire - Foot - Taxi - Bus - Own bicycle / ebike / electric scooter / moped - Aeroplane - Own car (if you can afford ~€40k to buy a parking space) - Ferry Transport options available in American suburbs: - Own car It seems to me that most Americans are already living under severe r…
I'm in an American suburb. Transport options available to me: - Lightrail - Train (Amtrack station downtown, accessible from lightrail) - Bus (w/bike rack, bus stop 100ft from my front door) - Electric bicycle hire - Electric scooter hire - Foot (nearest grocery is 1.2mi, nearest restaurants are 0.8mi) - Taxi - Own bicycle (bike trail from neighborhood to the office park where I work) - Aeroplane (lightrail goes to o…
(Although living 2km away from a supermarket is an alien concept to me. I have three within a hundred metres.)
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It's not a trade. The worker just loses.
> It's not a trade. The worker just loses. How so? Money (pay decrease) for time (no commuting = 10 hours of your life back every week) seems like a pretty classic trade.
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Gitlab implements this compensation model openly(to the point where there is a calculator for it!) - I don't remember how well it was received when it was first announced, but looks like Google is applying a similar idea.
I don’t think the calculator is public. It used to be and last time I tried it the results were terrible for my area I guess because there just aren’t any other technologists here so nothing to compare to - but that doesn’t say anything about me or how much I’m worth! Also when you looked in the data file you could see little pockets of higher paying areas - I guess if they can’t recruit you they create a little high…
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So the higher you climb in management the more strategic your role -should- be. Long time horizons, collecting enough data to make organizational decisions, set priorities and direction, etc. The problem is too many upper managers think their role should be tactical. They want frequent status reports to know if their long term vision is going to be met, and then any area it doesn't match up, rather than modify the vi…
Most work happens despite the managers - not because of them. The overzealous workaholic bees can be safely expected to perform heroics to get things done, ad astra per aspera. For a manager - it's a safe bet. Only rarely that gambit doesn't work, the sacrifice ritual is performed, and the manager gets a new, even better gig elsewhere.
I've had my manager change out above me, and the difference has been night and day. The good ones gave me a defined goal, then stayed out of my way, yes, but they also listened when I raised concerns, and brought me answers and solutions, and provided cover when I needed it. They made my job easier. The bad ones made my job harder.
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My Honda gets about 20mpg. My BMW about 25mpg. Maybe I'm the exception that proves the rule, but I seriously doubt 30mpg is remotely close to average (for office workers) in the US. Edit - The Ford F-150 is the best selling "car" in the US by a long shot. That isn't all fleet sales - a significant number of normal people own trucks for one reason or another (myself included - Honda Ridgeline).
Practically every ~10yo or newer sedan, wagon and "wagon pretending to be a crossover" you see is going to get nearly 30mpg (or more). You need a heck of a lot of 10-15mpg vehicles to drag the fleet average down to 22. Most white collar employees who own trucks aren't commuting in them and even then there's more people commuting in 40+mpg subcompacts and hybrids so it should more than balance out. Look at a high clas…
Welcome to Texas.
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2-hour commute? I'll take the pay cut anytime, like is too short... (and maybe start looking for another job, easier to do with all that "extra" time)
Depends on the commute mode. It sounds like these are people in expensive urban areas, so they probably have transit access. So if they’re commuting by train or bus the morning commute can be spent working and the evening commute streaming TV shows or scrolling through social media.
Companies were never paying based on value provided. They pay market rate which, until recently, was artificially limited to a few expensive markets. With remote, these companies are now able to do what every other large labor driven industry has done and lower their costs by finding labor in cheaper markets.
> Companies were never paying based on value provided. They pay market rate Trying to negotiate salary based on value provided is one of the biggest misconceptions I see online and with in-person mentoring groups. Compensation is not about value provided. It’s only about market rate and convincing the person to stay at the company. I encounter a lot of people, especially juniors, who are disgruntled because they thin…
I don't think reasonable people would disagree with this statement about compensation. That being said, I don't believe it says much.
"Only about market rate" allows for tautological reasoning in that the market rate is just whatever you end up getting paid.
A stricter definition of market rate as "you get paid what people like you get paid" doesn't seem to say much either: when you get a promotion, did you suddenly start producing more for your employer? Or did they suddenly realize you produced more for them?
As most pricing goes, so does employee pay: you're paid the salary to which you agree. You can increase your salary by 1. threatening to quit your current employer unless pay rises or by 2. convincing some other employer to pay you more.
I also work for a FAANG remotely with a rare skillset and an autoimmune condition, so this had impacted me less than it will others. For my health and my lifestyle, the pay cut is easily worth it.
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> Assuming usage of cars. Leave the US and generally public transportation is a thing used by most people. The trains/trams/buses still travel the same routes and times as before-pandemic times. Across the US and presumably the world mass transit reduced service in response to reduced ridership. If WFH becomes more common that will definitely cover more areas as schedules very much are based on demand. Ex: https://ne…
And then people stop using it as much and, in many cases, drive instead because transit becomes less attractive.