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That pay scale seems insulting
Isn’t that average or even high for a tech role? I’m in ny making less than that scale
Firstly, a job of this level should be executive scale pay.
Secondly, on site should include a 30% boost above remote. It costs you money and time to commute, and thats part of total compensation.
That pay scale seems insulting
That pay scale seems insulting
Goverment does not pay as much as private sector, and pay is all based on years of experience, not talent.
That's true for GS and WG positions (though they can get performance based bonus step increases, these are relatively rare unless you play golf with the boss), but the pay bands mostly try to get around that and give performance-based raises. Supervisors don't like getting taken to EEO so they often won't give low scores even to people who deserve them, though. This results in the top performers usually getting bigger raises than low performers, but low and middling performers end up with roughly equivalent raises.
In theory, most of the pay band systems offer an effective way to weed out poor performers, but it's just not used.
I guess we'll all be transitioning to open models soon enough.
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I'm sure that position comes with plenty of back-channel incentives.
$150k for a 13 month contract is "anyone with a pulse" money. Nobody who is actually qualified would take it, unless they're on the grift.
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I'm sure that position comes with plenty of back-channel incentives.
$150k for a 13 month contract is "anyone with a pulse" money. Nobody who is actually qualified would take it, unless they're on the grift.
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$150k for a 13 month contract is "anyone with a pulse" money. Nobody who is actually qualified would take it, unless they're on the grift.
This has got to be hands down the wildest take I've ever seen on this site.
They would just leave and pursue one of the many open positions paying double that for fully remote work that also typically include RSU's, bonuses, or options.
I know project managers that make twice that in smaller cities, just because they're AI adjacent.
That pay scale seems insulting
it's worth it.
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This has got to be hands down the wildest take I've ever seen on this site.
You really think fully qualified high level AI engineers anywhere in this US, let alone in a major metro, are pulling in $150k with no stock or bonus? They would just leave and pursue one of the many open positions paying double that for fully remote work that also typically include RSU's, bonuses, or options. I know project managers that make twice that in smaller cities, just because they're AI adjacent.
No. You're completely missing the point.
If they paid competitively then candidates would be competing against qualified engineers.
Regardless of qualification, it's a valuable position, because of the responsibility and capability of setting policy. You don't need any qualification for that. It probably helps not to have it. And that's value that can be turned into other forms of compensation, perhaps using fancy accounting.
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You really think fully qualified high level AI engineers anywhere in this US, let alone in a major metro, are pulling in $150k with no stock or bonus? They would just leave and pursue one of the many open positions paying double that for fully remote work that also typically include RSU's, bonuses, or options. I know project managers that make twice that in smaller cities, just because they're AI adjacent.
> You really think fully qualified high level AI engineers anywhere in this US, let alone in a major metro, are pulling in $150k with no stock or bonus? No. You're completely missing the point. If they paid competitively then candidates would be competing against qualified engineers. Regardless of qualification, it's a valuable position, because of the responsibility and capability of setting policy. You don't need a…
Thats why I said "unless they're on the grift". "Grift" is slang that means something like scam or confidence game (the origin of the term 'con').