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Their salaries are not that high. They love to down-level candidates (if you're a senior engineer now, they'll usually try and hire you as an intermediate engin
by xyzzy_plugh 6y ago
Their salaries are not that high. They love to down-level candidates (if you're a senior engineer now, they'll usually try and hire you as an intermediate engineer) which comes with a pretty big pay gap.
Their salaries are definitely up there but plenty of successful startups pay much more.
For total comp, they've done pretty well historically due to their increasing stock price.
- forgotmysn 6y agothe startups that can compete with Google on salary are more likely to be "pre-IPO" companies than "start-ups." most technical roles at Google are in the $200-400k range. ya, maybe companies like OpenDoor and Plaid can pay that, but your average Series A start-up can't
- username90 6y ago> Their salaries are not that high. > Their salaries are definitely up there but plenty of successful startups pay much more. These two statements doesn't match up. Google pays extremely high wages. There are jobs that pay better, but mostly at companies that are like Google or very small companies. If you measure by number of jobs then I don't think there are more jobs at companies paying more than Google and Facebook than there are jobs at Google and Facebook. So if you want that level of pay Google and Facebook is the easiest way to get it, which also means that Google and Facebook will be the main target employers for many candidates.