Hacker News with Generative AI: Compensation

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 11 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 11 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 28 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 43 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 44 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 46 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 46 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 46 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 54 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 84 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 93 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 100 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 110 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 118 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 122 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 127 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 129 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 129 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 134 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 142 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 144 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 149 days ago | 78 comments

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