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Leaked Google Pay Data Unfolds an Ugly Truth

13 points by pg_1234 3y ago

kotaKat 3y ago
Oof. Google (salary) pay data. Thought there was a Google Pay compromise for a moment. Even the article seems to capitalize Google Pay in lots of places throwing one for a loop.
computerliker69 3y ago
Although the title matches the article title, it may be nice to use "Salary" instead of pay here. That would reduce confusion. I thought that this article was about "Google Pay" the product.
- hgsgm 3y ago
  No, the article headline and body incorrectly capitalize Pay
lfmunoz4 3y ago
where is the data? Also article greatly exaggerate base pay, they confusing it with total compensation, I guess it makes the article more news worthy and clickable the higher the wages are.
- shevis 3y ago
  Not sure what you’re talking about. They pretty clearly distinguished between base and total pay even for the highest earners… > For instance, the highest reported base salary was for a level 7 software engineer, earning $718,000 in base salary and a total compensation package of nearly $800,000.
  - hgsgm 3y ago
    There's no way that's true. It may be "reported" as a typo or troll in the document.
    - drewg123 3y ago
      Yes, I think the bonus factor over base salary is 25% or more for L7, so I'd expect salary + bonus to be $900k. The total comp would likely well over $1M, since GSUs (Google's version of RSUs) were not even mentioned.
hgsgm 3y ago
> The leaked salary data from Google reveals that employees with longer tenure with the company and who held higher-level positions tended to have higher salaries. And Women and Black people are underrepresented in higher level roles. Saved you a click on barely English articles.
edmundsauto 3y ago
Isn't pretty similar information available from Levels.FYI or eg Glassdoor? This is really bad coverage...
zuhayeer 3y ago
We have quite comprehensive Google compensation information available on https://www.levels.fyi/companies/google/salaries/software-engineer https://www.levels.fyi/companies/google/salaries/software-en... You can even see the recency of each individual data point, and filter for specific levels. (Disclosure: I'm one the founders)

13 points by pg_1234 3y ago

Oof. Google (salary) pay data. Thought there was a Google Pay compromise for a moment. Even the article seems to capitalize Google Pay in lots of places throwing one for a loop.

computerliker69 3y ago

Although the title matches the article title, it may be nice to use "Salary" instead of pay here. That would reduce confusion. I thought that this article was about "Google Pay" the product.

hgsgm 3y ago
No, the article headline and body incorrectly capitalize Pay

lfmunoz4 3y ago

where is the data? Also article greatly exaggerate base pay, they confusing it with total compensation, I guess it makes the article more news worthy and clickable the higher the wages are.

shevis 3y ago
Not sure what you’re talking about. They pretty clearly distinguished between base and total pay even for the highest earners… > For instance, the highest reported base salary was for a level 7 software engineer, earning $718,000 in base salary and a total compensation package of nearly $800,000.
- hgsgm 3y ago
  There's no way that's true. It may be "reported" as a typo or troll in the document.
  - drewg123 3y ago
    Yes, I think the bonus factor over base salary is 25% or more for L7, so I'd expect salary + bonus to be $900k. The total comp would likely well over $1M, since GSUs (Google's version of RSUs) were not even mentioned.

hgsgm 3y ago

> The leaked salary data from Google reveals that employees with longer tenure with the company and who held higher-level positions tended to have higher salaries. And Women and Black people are underrepresented in higher level roles. Saved you a click on barely English articles.

edmundsauto 3y ago

Isn't pretty similar information available from Levels.FYI or eg Glassdoor? This is really bad coverage...

zuhayeer 3y ago

We have quite comprehensive Google compensation information available on https://www.levels.fyi/companies/google/salaries/software-engineer https://www.levels.fyi/companies/google/salaries/software-en... You can even see the recency of each individual data point, and filter for specific levels. (Disclosure: I'm one the founders)