I really doubt that the top 1000 employees at Yahoo would consider $100k to be "life-changing" in any really meaningful sense. That'd be ~$60k after taxes, and

I really doubt that the top 1000 employees at Yahoo would consider $100k to be "life-changing" in any really meaningful sense. That'd be ~$60k after taxes, and most of those employees live in HCOL areas where $60k really isn't going to change your life. Plus, they're the top 10%, so they're probably generally making good money and have plenty of career options.