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The trouble is probably a social one, not legal. Every engineer there is comparing themselves to a guy with a year of experience and thinking that they shouldn'

by rawnlq 10y ago

The trouble is probably a social one, not legal. Every engineer there is comparing themselves to a guy with a year of experience and thinking that they shouldn't be paid less. All at once. Either AirBnB ends up making 230k the minimum salary for everyone or people will take this guy's advice and start negotiating, getting counter offer from other places and possibly just leave. Management ended up paying a lot more than 230k for this guy so they are probably not happy.

ask0n 10y ago
I see your point, but I think it would useful for every engineer to learn the whole life story of that guy, before comparison.
xiaoma 10y ago
Social backlash is understandable. Employers aren't allowed to punish people for revealing their salaries though.
JDiculous 10y ago
On the flipside, more talent would probably apply to AirBnB knowing that a guy like him can land 230k. Not to mention he's indirectly marketing for AirBnB by explaining why he was attracted to the company and chose them over Google (often seen as the holy grail of software engineering). I highly doubt that management is pissed. More transparency is overall a positive thing. Underpaid people should know that they're being underpaid, and engineers notoriously suck at negotiation.
- temp20160423 10y ago
  In the short-term, this is good for AirBnB now that it's clear that AirBnB pays extremely well. The floor is actually $250k--almost certainly everyone will look at their own resume and feel they have more experience than this new guy. I doubt the company can pay every SWE this rate as the minimum--otherwise, they would've publicly advertised this before. I just don't think AirBnB can pay higher than Google in the long-term--are they really making $1M in revenue and quarter million per employee?

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The trouble is probably a social one, not legal. Every engineer there is comparing themselves to a guy with a year of experience and thinking that they shouldn'

by rawnlq 10y ago

ask0n 10y ago
I see your point, but I think it would useful for every engineer to learn the whole life story of that guy, before comparison.
xiaoma 10y ago
Social backlash is understandable. Employers aren't allowed to punish people for revealing their salaries though.
JDiculous 10y ago
On the flipside, more talent would probably apply to AirBnB knowing that a guy like him can land 230k. Not to mention he's indirectly marketing for AirBnB by explaining why he was attracted to the company and chose them over Google (often seen as the holy grail of software engineering). I highly doubt that management is pissed. More transparency is overall a positive thing. Underpaid people should know that they're being underpaid, and engineers notoriously suck at negotiation.
- temp20160423 10y ago
  In the short-term, this is good for AirBnB now that it's clear that AirBnB pays extremely well. The floor is actually $250k--almost certainly everyone will look at their own resume and feel they have more experience than this new guy. I doubt the company can pay every SWE this rate as the minimum--otherwise, they would've publicly advertised this before. I just don't think AirBnB can pay higher than Google in the long-term--are they really making $1M in revenue and quarter million per employee?