Hacker News with Generative AI: Compensation

Ask HN: Why is my F500 employer okay with paying 5x to freelancers? (ycombinator.com)
I've changed some facts a bit. The story still stands.<p>This is definitely one of those times where I'm breaking my brain because something isn't logical and I haven't yet understand the cultural side of things, or hidden reasons I haven't identified yet. In almost all aspects of life, I don't have this issue anymore, but corporate life is new to me.<p>So could you please help me out?
Freelancing, Corporate Culture, Hiring Practices, Compensation, Business
40 points by mettamage 7 days ago | 89 comments
Tesla has to replace computer in ~4M cars or compensate their owners (electrek.co)
Tesla (TSLA) has to replace the ‘self-driving’ computer inside about 4 million vehicles or likely compensate the owners of those vehicles.
Tesla, Automobiles, Lawsuits, Software, Compensation
10 points by LaSombra 10 days ago | 1 comments
Sales Compensation Simulator (exec.com)
Experiment with different sales compensation scenarios to see how they impact earnings.
Sales, Business, Compensation, Simulation, Tools
117 points by seanlinehan 28 days ago | 23 comments
Tesla's all-time net income is still below Elon Musk's $55B compensation package (electrek.co)
Tesla’s all-time accumulated net income is far below the $55 billion CEO compensation package Elon Musk is trying to secure.
Tesla, Business, Finance, Elon Musk, Compensation
36 points by zfg 32 days ago | 10 comments
Levels.fyi Top Pay by Level (chriscarini.github.io)
The below charts show data from the "Levels.fyi End of Year Pay Reports".
Salaries, Data Visualization, Compensation, Software Engineering, Technology
32 points by zuhayeer 39 days ago | 0 comments
IBM CEO: 23% pay rise to $25M; average Big Blue worker: $48,582 up from $43,069 (theregister.com)
CEO salary watch IBM emperor Arvind Krishna's total financial package went up by double digits in 2024 to more than $25 million.
Business, Salary, Technology, Compensation
7 points by rntn 43 days ago | 0 comments
Trimodal Nature of Tech Compensation in the US, UK and India (pragmaticengineer.com)
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Compensation, Tech Industry, US, UK, India
7 points by jcartw 52 days ago | 0 comments
After layoffs, Meta rewards top executives with a substantial bonus increase (theregister.com)
After another round of mass layoffs and reports of slashed stock options for remaining employees, Meta has like clockwork opted to reward its top executives with a substantial bonus increase.
Business, Tech, Layoffs, Compensation, Meta
196 points by rntn 63 days ago | 123 comments
Meta approves plan for bigger executive bonuses following 5% layoffs (cnbc.com)
Meta, Layoffs, Compensation, Business, Technology
39 points by cempaka 64 days ago | 6 comments
Delta offers $30k to passengers in Canada plane flip (theguardian.com)
Delta Air Lines is offering passengers of a jet that caught fire and flipped over on a Toronto runway $30,000 each – “no strings attached”.
Air Travel, Accidents, Canada, Delta Airlines, Compensation
15 points by pqtyw 64 days ago | 14 comments
1% Equity for Founding Engineers Is BS (fetchfox.ai)
The status quo for Founding Engineer compensation is broken. It’s unfair, outdated, and doesn’t work for founders or engineers.
Startups, Compensation, Equity, Engineering
177 points by execubot0x1 75 days ago | 237 comments
Sony Reveals Compensation for All PS Plus Players After PSN Outage (forbes.com)
PSN is back online after a 24 hour outage, almost to the minute, the longest since the nearly month-long downtime after a hack back in 2011. Now, Sony is announcing the compensation that players will get for their trouble.
Gaming, Sony, PlayStation Plus, Service Outages, Compensation
17 points by antimora 76 days ago | 1 comments
Compensation Data for Every NYC Police Officer (cityofnewyork.us)
Police, Public Data, Transparency, Compensation
5 points by gigalord 76 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: Percent of employees that benefit financially from equity offers? (ycombinator.com)
Title says it all. Equity offers are a very common thing in tech. I don't personally know anyone who has made money from equity offers, though nearly all my colleagues have received them at some point.
Tech, Compensation, Employment, Finance, Equity
27 points by rickcarlino 84 days ago | 16 comments
TikTokers offered $5k to join Facebook and Instagram (bbc.com)
Social media giant Meta has offered to pay up to $5,000 (£4,040) to popular creators in the United States who join Facebook and Instagram.
Social Media, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Compensation
6 points by bjourne 93 days ago | 3 comments
Levels.fyi's annual compensation report 2024 (levels.fyi)
Levels.fyi's annual compensation report. View top paying companies, cities, titles & other trends.
Compensation, Salary, Data, Trends, Technology
10 points by Garbage 109 days ago | 1 comments
Levels.fyi Annual Pay Report (levels.fyi)
Levels.fyi's annual compensation report. View top paying companies, cities, titles & other trends.
Compensation, Data Analysis, Employment, Salary, Trends
10 points by darth_avocado 110 days ago | 0 comments
Workers in Saudi Arabia say Amazon failed to compensate them for labor abuses (theguardian.com)
In February, one of the world’s richest employers, Amazon, announced it had refunded nearly $2m to more than 700 overseas workers who had been forced to pay big recruiting fees to get work at the company’s warehouses in Saudi Arabia.
Labor Abuse, Saudi Arabia, Amazon, Compensation, Overseas Workers
6 points by rntn 126 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: What companies have a good work life balance? (ycombinator.com)
I'm going to start taking some time off in the beginning of the year but am curious what tech companies have a good work life balance in the peninsula? I understand there will be a hit on total comp but I have a young kid now and that has totally changed my perspective on how I spend my time.
Work-Life Balance, Technology, Employment, Compensation
39 points by smaug7 141 days ago | 31 comments
Elon Musk's more than $50B pay deal at Tesla was rejected again (npr.org)
A judge has again rejected a more than $50 billion compensation package for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, granting a victory to the shareholder who opposed the pay amount.
Business, Law, Tesla, Elon Musk, Compensation
7 points by makerdiety 142 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56B pay package reinstated (cnbc.com)
Tesla, Business, Lawsuits, Elon Musk, Compensation
22 points by PLenz 144 days ago | 4 comments
Judge confirms decision to sink Musk's $56B package despite shareholder vote (techcrunch.com)
Delaware Chancery court judge Kathaleen McCormick has denied Tesla’s request to revise her decision to strike down CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package — despite shareholders voting at the company’s annual meeting this year to “re-ratify” the deal.
Business, Law, Elon Musk, Tesla, Compensation
9 points by coloneltcb 144 days ago | 1 comments
Musk Record Tesla Pay Plan Rejected Again by Delaware Judge (bloomberglaw.com)
A Delaware judge again rejected Elon Musk's record Tesla pay package.
Business, Law, Tesla, Elon Musk, Compensation
7 points by antimora 144 days ago | 0 comments
Court rejects bid for compensation after police raid damaged Texas woman's house (amylhowe.com)
The Supreme Court declined on Monday morning to hear the case of a Texas woman seeking compensation for damage to her home inflicted by a SWAT team pursuing a fugitive.
Law, Police Brutality, Texas, Supreme Court, Compensation
7 points by speckx 152 days ago | 1 comments
Microsoft boss gets 63% pay rise despite asking for reduction (bbc.com)
Microsoft's chief executive Satya Nadella earned $79.1m (£61m) last year, a rise of 63% compared to his compensation the year before.
Business, Microsoft, Compensation, Executive Compensation
5 points by RickJWagner 182 days ago | 1 comments
Details of new alignment offer (Automattic) (reddit.com)
New alignment offer: I guess some people were sad they missed the last window. Some have been leaking to the press and ex-employees. That’s water under the bridge. Maybe the last offer needed to be higher. People have said they want a new window, so this is my attempt.
Employment, Compensation, Company News
8 points by ValentineC 191 days ago | 0 comments
Software Engineer Pay Heatmap Across the US (levels.fyi)
Explore the interactive heatmap of total compensation pay ranges across the United States, organized by DMA regions and accompanied by a color-coded legend
Software Engineering, Compensation, Location, Data Visualization, United States
219 points by zuhayeer 199 days ago | 160 comments
Ask HN: To those making 200k+ how did you get there? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: To those making 200k+, how did you get there?
Compensation, Careers, Salaries, Personal Finance, Advice
14 points by hellohihello135 209 days ago | 12 comments
Zoom to reduce stock based compensation (bloomberg.com)
Zoom Video Communications Inc. is reducing the practice of paying workers with company stock, joining peers such as Salesforce Inc. and Workday Inc. in limiting their reliance on a common compensation technique in the tech industry.
Zoom, Compensation, Stock Options, Tech Industry, Business
3 points by darth_avocado 217 days ago | 1 comments
Open source maintainers underpaid, swamped by security, and going gray (theregister.com)
The majority of open source project maintainers are not being paid for their work, spend three times as much time on security than they did three years ago, and have become less trusting of contributors following the xz backdoor, according to open source package security firm Tidelift.
Open Source, Security, Software Development, Compensation, Trust
307 points by rntn 220 days ago | 322 comments