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A point that hasn't been made is that measuring success and value is generally easy in a simple commercial company like Google. If you are a part of something t
by lbriner 8y ago
A point that hasn't been made is that measuring success and value is generally easy in a simple commercial company like Google. If you are a part of something that makes $1B a year, you are probably worth your wages and all the cool tech and offices you need.
Clearing snow or getting rid of garbage has no obvious financial value even though it is necessary. So answering the question, should Sanitation be run by a clever person on $200K per year or a normal person on $40K is harder.
- alistairSH 8y agoThere's a reasonable middle ground, no? Should the manager of a city's sanitation department draw a Goldman/Google-level salary? Perhaps not. But, the person is probably managing tens or hundreds of employees, a fleet of vehicles, and depending on how the city is organized, they're also managing some complex "industrial" facilities(water treatment, etc). I don't think a six-figure salary is unreasonable for that. Heck, given the impact on my life if sanitation goes to shit, I'll happily pay my share of taxes to support a salary that draws somebody who will get the job done. Ditto for the leaders of many of the other city/county services.