Not as severe but that's sort of my point. For a brief year or two some companies were offering senior talent insane/unsustainable money and salaries are comin

Not as severe but that's sort of my point. For a brief year or two some companies were offering senior talent insane/unsustainable money and salaries are coming back down. People still think that they're worth the insane money that FAANGs were paying during the lockdowns that they have since mostly laid off. It's fairly normal in NY for senior IC hires to be offered 180k-230k plus some equity. I'm seeing candidates who agree to interview being told this range and then come offer time they won't budge below 280k cash and expect big equity. Sure, Facebook was paying people that two years ago but they are aggressively lowballing people right now and we aren't.