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Re:500 Highest Paying Tech Companies (Dec 2023) by altdataseller on Friday December 01, 2023 @02:35PM (#38491164)
This is why total comp is so flawed, especially if it's a private company. Equity can be a $0. Should have options to see only salaries
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Re:500 Highest Paying Tech Companies (Dec 2023) by welder on Friday December 01, 2023 @03:07PM (#38491569)
Equity can even be negative, when considering tax.
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Re:500 Highest Paying Tech Companies (Dec 2023) by brandall10 on Friday December 01, 2023 @03:34PM (#38491959)
Dotcom era was a great time of putting engineers on a multi-year payment plan with the IRS... had a friend end up owing $200k after losing what at the peak was $5M in paper wealth.
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