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Not sure why people say this. In the US, you can get a 200k USD job without any RSUs/bonuses/options, all in base salary, and these jobs won't be over 40 hours
by cercatrova 5y ago
Not sure why people say this. In the US, you can get a 200k USD job without any RSUs/bonuses/options, all in base salary, and these jobs won't be over 40 hours a week. I see it among my friends daily. And in FAANG, it's even higher, I've seen offers for people only with a few years of experience at 350k or more (RSU appreciation mainly, not base salary).
It's more that people don't really believe the high salaries and think that there must be some catch. In reality, there isn't, it's just that software is eating the world and thus companies must pay for talent.
- kortilla 5y agoGoogle L5 in the Bay Area doesn’t pay $200k base. Your friends are either lying to you or you are an exceptional group not representative of standard senior Bay Area FAANG base salaries.
- cercatrova 5y agoI never said FAANG pays 200k base. Companies who only pay in cash will have their total compensation be 200k. FAANG meanwhile pays a lower base, such as 170k, and the rest is RSUs. While FAANG base is lower, their total compensation is higher than other companies.
- bornfreddy 5y agoCurious, which companies "pay in cash"? (I'm not from US)
- cercatrova 5y agoMost companies pay in cash. It's really among FAANG and FAANG adjacent that pay in RSUs. Fortune 500s pay in cash, many of them at least.
- bornfreddy 5y agoAh, misunderstood completely. Thank you for clarifying!
- rsanek 5y agoIt's pretty close to $200k -- levels.fyi says it's $193k average for base. If you include bonus, total cash comp is $231k. https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engineer/L5/San-Francisco-Bay-Area/ https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...