Walmart is closing tech hubs and bringing IT workers back to the office

Re:Walmart is closing tech hubs and bringing IT workers back... by tomrod on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @01:40AM (#34800795)

This is remarkably presentist and uninformed.

Walmart pays well (especially for their HQ area) and solves some of the most complex problems one can imagine, technologically speaking.

I've never personally taken a role there, but know several people who have. All of them would be top of FAANG recruits if FAANG knew how to recruit well instead and had consistent hiring processes (looking at you, ghosting Google).

Perfect, Walmart is not. Definitely corporate. But it's mistaken to think them globally undesirable.

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Re:Walmart is closing tech hubs and bringing IT workers back... by DigitalGeppetto on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:54AM (#34801194)

Looking at Walmart pay reports: https://www.levels.fyi/companies/walmart/salaries/software-e...

I see many engineers with 10+ years of experience earning ~$200k in the Bay. No disrespect for your friends, but if you're a talented engineer at this level of experience, you can do a lot better than working for $200k in silicon valley.

There are many other companies that will substantially beat this kind of pay. If you failed to get an offer at all of them, the problem is probably not "inconsistent hiring practices."

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