The salaries aren't particularly high at google vs any other tech company, especially when you look at the cost of living where they are located. A lot of tota

The salaries aren't particularly high at google vs any other tech company, especially when you look at the cost of living where they are located. A lot of total comp is in the form a stock grants, which given stagnating and decreasing stock price represents a reduction in total comp for folk who are there long enough. But also there's a difference between "this is your salary" and "this is your salary, but your job is no longer any safer than a contractor's"