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Absolute bullshit. Let me give you a direct counter-example. Want to know where you rank in the Google pecking order? Tell your manager that you are consideri
by evgen 14y ago
Absolute bullshit. Let me give you a direct counter-example. Want to know where you rank in the Google pecking order? Tell your manager that you are considering an offer from Facebook. Expect to see a raise and/or equity refresher and your choice of interesting projects to transfer to, if not then you are just a drone and should either count yourself lucky to even be there or start looking for a better gig.
Google attracts engineers who want to work on interesting things _and be paid extremely well for doing so_. Period.
- panabee 14y agoyour argument is sound, but i'm not sure how this contradicts my statement. my point is this: they want people who want to be at google, and offering a lower salary (or not the highest salary) is one way of filtering for those people -- because they are willing to take less compensation to work at google. working at google and working at citibank are like two products on the market. if you value one more than the other, you're willing to pay more -- that is, accept lower compensation. of course, they will pay more for engineers they deem valuable (as in your example) and even mercenary exceptions who are supremely talented and well-suited for a strategic task. but this doesn't invalidate the notion that a lower base salary helps filter out people who assign little value to working at google.