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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by tropicalia on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:17AM (#20686631)
My eyes are hurting from seeing these articles whining about their misery while collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.

Multiple easily findable sources suggest that the median tech salary at Google is well below $150k -- probably more like around $130k.

I get your point about the "whining" -- but while the average Google definitely does better than someone with a non-tech salary -- it most cases they aren't bulge-bracket either, or anywhere near it.

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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by mdorazio on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:33AM (#20686798)
I think you're looking at pay minus stock options. True median comp at Alphabet is closer to $250k [1], which if you have two workers in a household puts you in the 1%.

[1] https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/08/median-t...

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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by tropicalia on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @12:46PM (#20687537)
Not disputing that I may be horribly wrong -- but the same source puts Larry Page's (obviously symbolic) compensation at $1 (ignoring equity) - so I'm not sure what to make of it.
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Re:Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company... by mrep on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:24AM (#20686716)
Lol, let me guess, you are citing glassdoor which still uses data from a decade ago in their average. 150k is new grad rates these days and senior engineers are making on average 350k [0].

[0]: https://www.levels.fyi/salary/Google/

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