Agree. While it's great that the engineering manager understands engineering compensation and the nuances between different models, it's the HR departments that

Agree. While it's great that the engineering manager understands engineering compensation and the nuances between different models, it's the HR departments that need to be educated on engineering compensation. Especially in organizations that include a high share of non-technical workers, the divide between engineering vs. non-engineering will be huge. Even standard benchmarking models compare companies based on the city & commute time instead of a whole region, country, continent.