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> They could have set up in the midwest, paid everyone 75% as much as the going rate in NY or silicon valley, and the employees would have 50% more expendable i
by akhilcacharya 8y ago
> They could have set up in the midwest, paid everyone 75% as much as the going rate in NY or silicon valley, and the employees would have 50% more expendable income than they are used to. This wasn't for the employees.
SDE's in Detroit, Madison, and Twin Cities are paid exactly the same as the SDEs in Seattle.
- jorblumesea 8y agoThat is hardly true except for a small select few. Where are you getting your numbers?
- akhilcacharya 8y agoI'm an Amazon new grad. We only have 2 standard salary bands in the US - one for premium regions and one for everywhere else. I know this only because I explicitly asked recruiting and they brought it up in the midpoint intern brown-bag.
- seatdrummer 8y agoThey will match Facebook/Microsoft/Amazon/Google's 110k salary + bonus + stock that you can get in Seattle (As a college grad)? Even smaller firms are giving away jobs for 150k salary for just a couple years of experience.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoI'm talking specifically about Amazon, which has a presence in all 3 of the cities I mentioned. Also yes, $145.5k total compensation at Amazon with a Bachelors (I'm not sure if this is competitive though)