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Costco's IT department is not above market rates in the Seattle area fyi.
by aeonik 10mo ago
Costco's IT department is not above market rates in the Seattle area fyi.
- trymas 10mo agoHow I understood OP - is that Costco pays better than other big retailers. Also probably not only for IT department, but on average (including cashiers and such).
- aeonik 10mo agoYea I get that. But the context of the conversation is white collar crime, corruption, or unfair practices, and paying significantly above market rate. Costco is a very egalitarian organization. They pay is flatter across the entire hierarchy. Lower rank people are paid more, higher ranked people are paid less. They are a super ethical organization, I'm a big fan (though they could do better at incentivizing innovation). It's just not the same pattern as paying gigantic amounts of money to hoard up "CS grads" or lawyers.
- red-iron-pine 9mo agoKirkland is a Seattle 'burb and IT/software pay in Seattle is competitive (FAANGM, etc.). Costco has a rep for paying their cashiers, food handlers, and stocker teams well, comparatively speaking. Their IT teams are mostly outsourced, like all large companies, and aren't impressive by Seattle rates.