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This is common at large orgs. Not specifically about recruiters, but entire teams of people that have very little to do and exist to enhance the prestige (budge

This is common at large orgs. Not specifically about recruiters, but entire teams of people that have very little to do and exist to enhance the prestige (budget / headcount) of a leader or department. FAANG companies had this weird dynamic of competing with each other on every metric, from employee benefits to total employees to employees-per-manager to catered lunches and on and on, but that's over now. Anecdotally I know a laid off Meta engineer. They are really trying to get that ~$700k total comp they had before but it just isn't happening, and his lifestyle includes multiple houses, private schools, luxury cars, and a boat. He's aware that he has to downsize soon but is still holding out hope.

dangwhy 4y ago
> ~$700k total comp Must give META credit for really setting a standard for dev compensation. Kudos to Mark.
logicalmonster 4y ago
> This is common at large orgs. Not specifically about recruiters, but entire teams of people that have very little to do and exist to enhance the prestige (budget / headcount) of a leader or department. There's probably more than one reason for anything complicated in a large bureaucracy, but it's hard not to assume in some cases that the more pointless positions partially exist to meet some kind of corporate DEI goals.