Slightly OT: it may sound like a good idea to increment browser history with every parameter change, but in fact it's not, as after a few simulations/tests one needs to hit the return button many times to go back to where they were.
Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
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Re: Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
#42At my self-assessed skill level and years of experience, they're offering $11k/yr more for a "Developer" than a "Site Reliability Engineer". I find it interesting that they value someone in a "Developer" position higher than someone in a "Site Reliability Engineer" position. Having been an Ops person for my entire career and at the same time a competent developer in numerous languages and environments, I find this un…
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Re: Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
#43This is marketing, not transparency. Show me the books and I'll believe you.
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#44Does anyone have an opinion self reported salary websites like glass door? Do they skew high or low? What about other online salary websites?
I live in NY, so grains of salt. While I worked in finance, the numbers skewed very low: 20%+. I'm sure it's industry dependent though, especially since (I assume) finance has a higher standard deviation of income, slower career growth, but a higher glass ceiling.
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#45A couple of things that stood out. 1) I'd imagine stock options are part of the job, but I don't see that anywhere. Do new employee's get stock options? I'm guessing they keep this hidden as it allows them a bit more flexibility on offering signing bonuses to entice employee's they want to hire? 2) I don't see any section for bonus on the calculator. Do stackoverflow employee's not get bonuses? 3) Why are years of ex…
This is a salary calculator, not a compensation calculator. Bonuses and options are not part of an employees salary. I imagine years of experience is measured as some value beyond skill. Knowing when to do and not do certain things seems like it would fall under experience, and not necessarily skill.
Re: Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
#46Great to see this spreading throughout the industry!
Here is some more clickary for those in the new:
http://buffer.com/salary https://youtu.be/N8u9H6JDAzo (Travis CI, How we replaced salary negotiations with a Sinatra app) http://location.rkh.im/ http://rkh.im/move
Re: Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
#47These salaries seem SUPER low. Engineering manager with 15 years experience < 150k? Try 200+k here in NYC.
They wouldn't dare list actual salaries because then they would have to pay everyone higher, just see what happened with lawyers: http://www.wsj.com/articles/law-firm-cravath-raising-startin...
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
You should never calculate stock options, or bonuses into your base salary, ever. I don't care what anyone says. Bonuses, and stocks are exactly that. Bonuses and stocks. They are great when they are way up, and shitty when they are way down. For the first time in fifteen years, I didn't get a bonus, and the stock price is way down. Never, ever, let someone hiring you convince you otherwise. They tried this when I go…
I disagree. While it might be difficult to calculate the value of stock options and bonuses, they are part of your compensation for working at the company. If the company gives you a car for free use, it's also a compensation. At least the tax office in the country I live taxes the car as a part of an income.
Well I don't agree with you. A car is a bit different story, since it has an immediate impact on your compensation. You no longer are paying for a car/gas the entire time you're employed. Granted, that could also disappear one day. Stocks and bonuses need to vest, and there is no guarantee they will ever show up.
Re: Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
You should never calculate stock options, or bonuses into your base salary, ever. I don't care what anyone says. Bonuses, and stocks are exactly that. Bonuses and stocks. They are great when they are way up, and shitty when they are way down. For the first time in fifteen years, I didn't get a bonus, and the stock price is way down. Never, ever, let someone hiring you convince you otherwise. They tried this when I go…
I disagree. While it might be difficult to calculate the value of stock options and bonuses, they are part of your compensation for working at the company. If the company gives you a car for free use, it's also a compensation. At least the tax office in the country I live taxes the car as a part of an income.
What is your bonus going to be next year? How much are you going to spend operating a car next year?
Re: Salary transparency at Stack Overflow
#50A couple of things that stood out. 1) I'd imagine stock options are part of the job, but I don't see that anywhere. Do new employee's get stock options? I'm guessing they keep this hidden as it allows them a bit more flexibility on offering signing bonuses to entice employee's they want to hire? 2) I don't see any section for bonus on the calculator. Do stackoverflow employee's not get bonuses? 3) Why are years of ex…
My company has transparent salaries since the beginning 14 years ago. Funnily, in the words of one of the co-founders, it's more a mere accident than a clear will from the beginning : "we did not really plan it that way, but back then, it was easier to let the document listing the salaries open for everyone than restricting its access to a few persons" and they decided to keep it that way ever since :) We always ask…
Truly an interesting approach, thanks for sharing. I think the "choose your own salary" in particular is fascinating because with the right culture and the right people, in theory it works exactly as you would hope -- those that are highly driven and want to work epically hard will set their salary and their expectations accordingly. Someone who is looking for more work-life balance might set the bar somewhat lower. As long as there's a feedback cycle which takes salary level as an significant input, it might actually work for a small company. Yadda yadda, plus or minus the Dunning–Kruger effect.