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Meta has a moral/ethical cost as well as a branding tax.
by lolsal 5y ago
Meta has a moral/ethical cost as well as a branding tax.
- stathibus 5y agoI don't have an insider perspective on this, but from where I'm sitting, it sure looks like the giant bag of money is sufficient and Meta/Facebook hasn't had to worry about any of those things for a long time.
- greiskul 5y agoThe giant bag of money is the tax. If they weren't having problems with retention and hiring because of the ethical dilemma, they wouldn't have to offer such a large retention bonus.
- hugi 5y ago
- fermentation 5y agoI think context matters a lot with these recent articles about eng salaries. Hiring any mid-level and up engineer is tough right now, and Amazon recently bumped their salary bands by quite a bit. I think other companies are now catching up.
- sugarpile 5y ago"The giant bag of money" has been a thing for a long time -- it predates whatever branding issues people perceive them having lately.
- treyfitty 5y agoI’m willing to bet the general populace will find ways to justify working for Meta. The compensation is a lot to say no to
- gjs278 5y ago