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It's interesting to speak directly to someone taking a survey, thank you for posting. My question isn't about your surveys themselves, but rather if you have observed any bias in other surveys compared to your results. A pessimist might believe that most compensation surveys are used by peer HR departments to set compensation bands and, naturally, they have incentive to systematically report those surveys low. Then t…
That's a great question. I haven't directly seen any other surveys performed by "the other side" so to speak. But in looking at comparative data online ( https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/utah-computer-programmer-... for example), our dataset seems to show a more broad range of pay (both lower and higher). Anecdotally, I have been told by a couple former managers something along the lines of "the highest payed engin…
I worked for an org that had a fixed pay scale and read some detailed survey data that included them. The top/bottom reports were bullshit.
People will report what they think their benefits are worth, won’t know their gross salary at all somehow, will deduct alimony, add 401k interest, miscategorize themselves (ie identify as an engineer but be a director), or just make shit up.
Surveys may target wrong. Someone who is supposed to be in Utah may be in SFO or NYC.