Hacker News with Generative AI: Compensation

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 26 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 35 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 43 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 53 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 61 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 64 days ago | 322 comments

Faraday Future gives CEO and founder raises and bonuses after delivering 13 cars (techcrunch.com)
Faraday Future is doling out big raises and bonuses to its CEO and its founder, despite having delivered just 13 cars in its 10-year history and recently laying off or furloughing the majority of its workforce.

Business, Automotive, Leadership, Compensation

21 points by impish9208 70 days ago | 15 comments

Ask HN: Why is Pave legal? (ycombinator.com)
If you haven't heard of it, Pave is a YC-backed startup that helps startups with compensation.

Startup Funding, Legal, Compensation

1098 points by nowyoudont 71 days ago | 495 comments

Ask HN: How much can one learn in Google (L6)? (ycombinator.com)
I'm negotiating an offer from Google at L6 in EU. The problem is that due to tax difference, higher cost of living and the fact that I own housing in my current city but would have to rent in the new location, there isn't a sure financial upside.

Software Engineering, Google, Compensation, Career Advice, Europe

10 points by throwawaydub 71 days ago | 3 comments

Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay? (goethena.com)
Staying in a role builds valuable, company-specific domain knowledge. Leaving often results in a payday—so, why aren’t tech companies paying more for their engineers to stay?

Tech Industry, Compensation, Talent Retention

175 points by samspenc 76 days ago | 289 comments

Ever used Google Chrome in incognito mode? You could be entitled to up to $5k (dailymail.co.uk)

Privacy, Google Chrome, Legal, Lawsuits, Compensation

23 points by LinuxBender 84 days ago | 2 comments

Nvidia employees can work 7 days a week until 2 a.m.But few leave because of pay (nypost.com)

Nvidia, Work Culture, Labor Practices, Compensation

32 points by ode 86 days ago | 27 comments

Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much software engineers report making (businessinsider.com)

Software Engineering, Compensation, Microsoft, Data Leaks

57 points by rntn 91 days ago | 78 comments

Tesla attempt to save Elon Musk's $56B pay package gets sceptical reception (ft.com)