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With anonymous submissions on sites like these (see also: Glassdoor), I wonder if there's any sabotage going on where companies submit fraudulent information ab
by Kaveren 8y ago
With anonymous submissions on sites like these (see also: Glassdoor), I wonder if there's any sabotage going on where companies submit fraudulent information about competitors.
Isn't it a potential downside to this open approach without any verification?
- Zaheer 8y agoWe've had several HR reps from companies reach out to us actually thanking us for the data we have. There are consulting companies that gather salary data today and resell it to anonymously to other companies so that they know what they're competing with. We haven't seen many bad actors yet but that is something we'll have to look out for as we grow! Not sure honestly how we'll solve it just yet as we don't verify the information for low friction. Perhaps we could introduce a 'verified' salary process. Lmk if you have ideas!
- selfselfself 8y agoHow did you determine that you haven't seen many bad actors / reporting bias?
- compumike 8y agoAnonymous, self-reported compensation data will likely skew higher than reality due to reporting bias. In contrast: https://triplebyte.com/software-engineer-salary https://triplebyte.com/software-engineer-salary shows the actual width of the salary distribution, and the dataset includes all offers made to engineers on our hiring marketplace -- no reporting bias or fudging numbers upwards. (Disclosure: made that page. But also love Levels.fyi. Transparency is good for engineers.) Edit: previously discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15808549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15808549
- dublidu 8y agoI actually think Triplebyte’s numbers are low because they don’t reflect RSUs and refresher grants. It’s also hard to compare ISOs to RSUs.