Depends. The US is a bit special and not everyone works to maximize salary. But where I work, small startups absolutely struggle to compete with large banks on

Depends. The US is a bit special and not everyone works to maximize salary. But where I work, small startups absolutely struggle to compete with large banks on salary (Hong Kong, we do banking like France does croissant or the US middle east wars). It doesn't matter, the perks. In fact each time I hear of some I think they must have huge salary issue vs the competition and try to find leverage points real company cant follow (a bank wont do your laundry, as I heard FB was offering at some point).