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Netflix literally does (or at least did) this. It's not even a hypothetical. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/90000-to-900000-pay-transparency-laws-usher-in-baff

Netflix literally does (or at least did) this. It's not even a hypothetical. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/90000-to-900000-pay-transparency-laws-usher-in-baffling-pay-ranges-in-job-postings-200857290.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/90000-to-900000-pay-transpare...

seattle_spring 3y ago
Netflix actually does pay $900k to a non-trivial amount of employees though.
- presidentender 3y ago
  Surely not for the same role that would pay $90k, though, unless they just don't have titles in any useful sense.
  - malfist 3y ago
    That's exactly how Netflix operates. Everyone is a "senior" engineer.
    - mochomocha 3y ago
      Was true until 2022. Unfortunately levels rolled out for both ICs and managers.
    - Infinitesimus 3y ago
      Not anymore, they introduced levels last year
      - fnordpiglet 3y ago
        Ads too. How the mighty have fallen?
gamblor956 3y ago
Netflix pays above-grade salaries. A few years ago, I interviewed there for a position that was two levels below my current title but paid 2x more than I made. Netflix pays well because they don't believe in work-life balance, at all. The position I interviewed for was vacant because the previous individual had left. By the time I wrapped up the interviews, the person I would have reported to had left Netflix, and the person who would have been my direct report would have been my boss. By the time I actually declined the offer, that person had also left.)
- mochomocha 3y ago
  > Netflix pays well because they don't believe in work-life balance, at all. I'm surprised you've made a general statement out of a company you've never actually worked for. For engineering roles, work life balance at Netflix is mostly what you want it to be.
  - gamblor956 3y ago
    My general statement isn't based solely on my experience with applying to Netflix. I know a number of employees spread across the technical and entertainment sides of the company. They are all overworked, but they're all okay with it because the get paid $$$ for it (and knew that going into it).
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    only third hand reports on my end, but every account has said that Netflix works you to the bone. But back then they had stack ranking, so I'm not sure if that changed.
    - mochomocha 3y ago
      Well, from my first account (I worked there) this is wrong. Also, there's never been stack ranking.
  - jdwithit 3y ago
    This still seems orthogonal to the fact that a law was passed requiring them to publish salary bands and they gave the finger to it by publishing a range of $0 to $infinity. Maybe everyone has the title "software engineer" but come on, you are still putting new hires into a pay band based on experience and interview results etc. You've complied with the letter of the law and it should have been written better assuming bad actors. But this childish "gotcha", anti worker behavior is a bad look. I've never worked at Netflix so accept or disregard my takes as you wish. I do know several people personally who used to work there and left voluntarily because they found it to be a poor work environment on diversity grounds.

seattle_spring 3y ago

Netflix actually does pay $900k to a non-trivial amount of employees though.

presidentender 3y ago
Surely not for the same role that would pay $90k, though, unless they just don't have titles in any useful sense.
- malfist 3y ago
  That's exactly how Netflix operates. Everyone is a "senior" engineer.
  - mochomocha 3y ago
    Was true until 2022. Unfortunately levels rolled out for both ICs and managers.
  - Infinitesimus 3y ago
    Not anymore, they introduced levels last year
    - fnordpiglet 3y ago
      Ads too. How the mighty have fallen?

gamblor956 3y ago

Netflix pays above-grade salaries. A few years ago, I interviewed there for a position that was two levels below my current title but paid 2x more than I made. Netflix pays well because they don't believe in work-life balance, at all. The position I interviewed for was vacant because the previous individual had left. By the time I wrapped up the interviews, the person I would have reported to had left Netflix, and the person who would have been my direct report would have been my boss. By the time I actually declined the offer, that person had also left.)

mochomocha 3y ago
> Netflix pays well because they don't believe in work-life balance, at all. I'm surprised you've made a general statement out of a company you've never actually worked for. For engineering roles, work life balance at Netflix is mostly what you want it to be.
- gamblor956 3y ago
  My general statement isn't based solely on my experience with applying to Netflix. I know a number of employees spread across the technical and entertainment sides of the company. They are all overworked, but they're all okay with it because the get paid $$$ for it (and knew that going into it).
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  only third hand reports on my end, but every account has said that Netflix works you to the bone. But back then they had stack ranking, so I'm not sure if that changed.
  - mochomocha 3y ago
    Well, from my first account (I worked there) this is wrong. Also, there's never been stack ranking.
- jdwithit 3y ago
  This still seems orthogonal to the fact that a law was passed requiring them to publish salary bands and they gave the finger to it by publishing a range of $0 to $infinity. Maybe everyone has the title "software engineer" but come on, you are still putting new hires into a pay band based on experience and interview results etc. You've complied with the letter of the law and it should have been written better assuming bad actors. But this childish "gotcha", anti worker behavior is a bad look. I've never worked at Netflix so accept or disregard my takes as you wish. I do know several people personally who used to work there and left voluntarily because they found it to be a poor work environment on diversity grounds.