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Re:Ask HN: How are salaries for senior devs in Berlin at the... by 908B64B197 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:30PM (#27914314)
That's a red flag.
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Re:Ask HN: How are salaries for senior devs in Berlin at the... by gumby on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:12PM (#27914525)
I read that it is illegal in Germany.
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Re:Ask HN: How are salaries for senior devs in Berlin at the... by ThePadawan on Thursday July 22, 2021 @03:07AM (#27916278)
The forms you see in the US (options to buy stocks etc.) might be illegal.

But bonuses and other bonus compensation (i.e. offering part ownership in the form of special non-public stocks) aren't.

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Re:Ask HN: How are salaries for senior devs in Berlin at the... by nickcox on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:42PM (#27914683)
Not to offer a bonus or equity?
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Re:Ask HN: How are salaries for senior devs in Berlin at the... by gumby on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:05AM (#27917190)
I don’t believe options are legal compensation. In the US RSUs are becoming more common than they used to be for startups and something like that might be OK.
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Re:Ask HN: How are salaries for senior devs in Berlin at the... by icythere on Thursday July 22, 2021 @09:36AM (#27918659)
That's bad for Germany. They are gonna change [1]?

I've seen a few company has stock options already. One of my friends has.

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/29/germany-to-reform-stock-opti...

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