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I wish job sites would show total compensation. They show a Mozilla job posting which, when I was there, would consistently pay 30%+ bonuses. At other jobs equi
by bgirard 2y ago
I wish job sites would show total compensation. They show a Mozilla job posting which, when I was there, would consistently pay 30%+ bonuses. At other jobs equity comp has been 50%-75%+ of my comp. Comparing jobs looking at base only is useless for me.
- skeeter2020 2y agoIf they showed "total comp" as a single number the next (legit) HN complaint would be "why don't they show base salary? everything else is totally dependent on how and when you value it!"
- khuey 2y agoMozilla at least really did pay straight cash bonuses so there was no equity valuation stuff to worry about.
- clipsy 2y agoIf only we had the technology to show both TC and a breakdown. Alas!
- bgirard 2y agoJust show the breakdown. levels.fyi does this correctly. It shows the information correctly and I can then properly compare how I value salary, performance bonuses and equity/options in each particular company. This should be the golden standard now.
- duxup 2y agoSeems like that could just be variable and honestly kinda deceptive. Yo our startup is awesome, you get some equity like thing that is worth a ton! Yeah about that ...
- bgirard 2y agoOn target earnings is a standard terms. I'd rather have equity be disclosed upfront. You can weight that however you want, even if you value it at zero. Just because it's non trivial, I don't think the answer is to give up. Showing a breakdown is perfectly acceptable.
- duxup 2y agoBreakdown wouldn't be bad, but the total would be irrelevant when looking at a list of jobs if we assume we have to go in and validate the math each time.
- ryanwaggoner 2y agoThey almost certainly don’t have that data. Levels.fyi is the only semi-accurate source for TC that I’ve found, at least it’s pretty accurate for the public tech company I work for.