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You need to have the right people at the top and when you find someone you do what it takes to get them. There's a reason it took Google almost a year to find
by jfarmer 18y ago
You need to have the right people at the top and when you find someone you do what it takes to get them.
There's a reason it took Google almost a year to find a new CFO.
If you think Google is undervaluing your work there's only three ways to do: one, convince Google to pay you more; two, go work for a company that will pay you what you think you're worth; and three, strike out on your own and let the market prove to everyone what you're worth.
Anything else is just whining.
- daniel-cussen 18y ago>Anything else is just whining. From an employee's perspective, I agree. From Google's perspective, I think questioning senior executive pay versus engineer pay is valid; why pay engineers this much and managers that much? Is that healthy?
- aasarava 18y agoAgreed. You get paid what the market will bear. There are fewer CFOs with experience managing the finances of $Billion+ companies than there are engineers who have developed high performance apps. Given this scarcity, and that the CFO (and CEO) are ultimately responsible for the finances of the company, and that they report to the board and shareholders, it's not surprising that Google pays its CFO more than it pays its top engineers.
- ojbyrne 18y agoI think the article inadvertantly points out another reason why CFOs get paid a lot - make a mistake and you can end up in prison for a decade.