Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups

Re:Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups by matt_wulfeck on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:29AM (#13987204)

I thought about this myself as well. To me a 20% reduction in work days is well worth a 20% reduction in pay. This is an easy perk that is offered at no large companies.

Sadly it's not widespread. And I fear most companies wouldn't be well prepared to actually execute on it.

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Re:Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups by dmoy on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @01:10PM (#13988388)

I have coworkers (at Google) with that arrangement. I have family members at top5 bank with that arrangement.

It won't be publicly broadcast, but if you ask around it is an option.

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Re:Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups by IanCal on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @04:09PM (#13990090)

In the UK, it's certainly worth trying. Apart from purely the fact that places may prefer to keep you for 4 days rather than lose you, employees have the right to request part time work (amongst other things). Businesses have to give a reason if they say no, and the reasons get harder to justify typically as a business grows. Not guaranteed, of course, that would be rough on all businesses but it's certainly something that should be taken seriously.

More info: http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1616

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