Software engineers tell Glassdoor that Walmart pays more than Facebook
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Software engineers tell Glassdoor that Walmart pays more than Facebook
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Re: Software engineers tell Glassdoor that Walmart pays more than Facebook
#2Isn't Glassdoor data purely self-reported? Is there any central or peer review process on the data?
How could a reputable newspaper like the Post do a article on the basis of that alone?
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#3They would have to pay me more to work there too.
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#4Base salary isn't everything.
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#5I asked the recruiter multiple times if what Fox (the movie studio) was offering was legit. They offered me $20,000 more than Microsoft.
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#6Re: Software engineers tell Glassdoor that Walmart pays more than Facebook
#7Isn't Glassdoor data purely self-reported? Is there any central or peer review process on the data? How could a reputable newspaper like the Post do a article on the basis of that alone?
The article says the this data is self-reported: "Web site Glassdoor compiled self-reported salary data of more than 33,000 software engineers over the past year"
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#8Walmart has a division called Walmart Labs that is based in Silicon Valley. They are working on many complex projects, especially around Big Data.
Not sure how big that engineering group is compared to the rest of Walmart IT, but I would assume that group is nicely paid and working on interesting problems.
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#9Source: http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/15-tech-companies-software-eng...
This is article and data from last year, published: October 18, 2012
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#10For anyone wondering why this might be, you may benefit from looking up the term "compensating differential" on Wikipedia. The general idea is that if a job has less appeal (because it is less pleasant or prestigious, which it's reasonable to believe SWE for Walmart is), you have to pay more to get the same talent.