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Very good compensation is one reason I can think of.
by claudenm 9y ago
Very good compensation is one reason I can think of.
- brailsafe 9y agoRight but that's kind of irrelevant isn't it? Perhaps a semantic detail, but Donald Trump could hypothetically pay me as much as he wanted but it wouldn't change my desire to have his name next to mine.
- runevault 9y agoI'd think most people who get major comp from FB could also get it from a lot of the other big players.
- asfasgasg 9y agoFacebook is known for being a little more profligate with their spending, especially for senior and up. On the other hand, they will fire you faster. I have heard that Netflix is even more in that direction, if "excitement" is something you desire in the domain of "whether you will be employed tomorrow or not."
- j79 9y agoYep, my brother decided to join Facebook in a non-tech role (admittedly, right before the #deletefacebook movement began), and it was purely for the compensation. He even joked he had joined "the dark side". I've been off Facebook since 2011, so it was a bit disappointing. But, the compensation was the highest out of the companies he got offers from (Google, Stripe, etc.), so I don't blame him.
- brailsafe 9y agoIn this case I'm not getting that your brother wanted to be associated with them necessarily. If compensation was equal, which do you think he'd have picked?
- brailsafe 9y agoI think if the most important aspect is compensation, then the company is arbitrary. Not to suggest that compensation is an invalid priority, but I don't think it's the same as wanting to be associated with a company for an inherent quality.