Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?

Re:Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay? by somerandomqaguy on Friday September 06, 2024 @01:35AM (#41463182)

Kind of depends. I live in Canada, most companies don't pay software related jobs like dev or SDET particularly well. When I left my QA / SDET position at 9 years of experience my salary was $52,000 Canadian a year.

To give you an idea, it would've been like living in Denver, Colorado on a $35,000 USD salary in 2020-ish or so.

Not every engineer is going to be making six figures. You just don't see those folks talking about it too much.

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Re:Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay? by YZF on Friday September 06, 2024 @01:54AM (#41463262)

I would say that's a very low total comp for an SDET in Canada in any major metro area (e.g. Toronto or Vancouver). New grads with a CS degree that can code can find an entry position for double that compensation. Startups or big co.

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Re:Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay? by somerandomqaguy on Friday September 06, 2024 @03:56AM (#41463980)

Low but it wasn't exactly unheard of either. There were full time positions publicly offering only $20,000 a year right on the listing itself. Not sure how publicly offering below minimum wage makes any sense though.

Highest offer I've heard specifically for a mid level SDET position was $72,000 for 4 to 5 YOE but it was with a big company out of Vancouver. AFAIK they had no problem filling that opening within a few weeks.

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