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- vote Companies with worse travel budget than Amazon? I just booked my trip to San Jose/Sunnyvale with Amazon’s travel system and it said my max budget for hotels literally leaves me in a fucking motel off the freeway. I get it, frugality and all, but at least spring for the fucking holiday inn or something. God I hate this company sometimes.
- Company Employee Perks Budget What happens to the money that our companies save from on-site food/snacks, morale and travel budgets during the pandemic? #tech #google #facebook #microsoft #amazon #apple #netflix
- What's your companies budget for team morale? We get 80/person/quarter at Bloomberg to spend on team activities etc. What do other companies expense for this kind of stuff? #morale #teambuildingactivities #finance
- WFH budget for your company & what did you get? With almost everyone working from home, I’m curious whats the budget/stipend your company gives you to purchase WFH equipment. also what did you get with the budget??? standing desk, ergo chair, keyboard, etc?? Saw FB gets $1,000 what’s everyone elses; if your company reimbuses you/says you can buy
- Does your company have an education / personal growth budget? I want to take a product strategy class through reforge or one of these other career growth programs, but they are expensive ($3k to $7k). I need explicit approval at Microsoft to qualify - do other companies offer an education or personal growth budget? Wondering if anyone has had success with reim
- vote Have you noticed budgets getting tighter at your company? Asking for a friend. Just curious how other companies are doing especially with this week's bloodbath in the market. TC 325k
- vote How would you feel about your company donating employee morale budget cash to COVID-19 response? What does Blind think about donating $25,000 of a regional US morale budget intended to boost employee morale to organizations supporting the COVID 19 response? Seeking genuine opinions. It was already done before asking employees thoughts/opinions. #health #wellness #morale #budget
- vote Is hot job market about to be over? With stocks down, RTO starting, stimulus going away, employers have bigger opex and capex budget needs, do you think job market is going to be less competitive now? I see posts about companies cutting cost already and layoffs happening in a lot of places, is that just the beginning? What do you th
- I just saw salaries for my team… My manager mistakenly put our team’s salaries in a shared doc in a shared library labeled “FY22 Budget”… given I work in marketing I initially thought this was our advertising budget for next year… I was wrong. Here’s what I found. - I’m making 5% less than someone with a lower title and less respo
- Don't be evil 99.9% of the time over 28d I have heard big companies have an error budget for all of their SLIs like availability and ethics. What is the evilest thing you did within the budget? TC: 60K (India) YOE: 2
- Quarterly travel to Google HQ I have an offer from Google and it involves traveling to headquarters once a quarter (From NYC office). Does anyone know how this would work? Is there a per diem, hotels booked by the company ? Or booked under a budget by myself and reimbursed. Just trying to understand what if anything will be pa
- How do you respond to “equitability” excuses in negotiations? I was recently negotiating a job offer and ended up declining at a late stage. When the company said they couldn’t meet my base salary request, which just matched what my base is currently, they said they looked at other people at the level I’d be joining and could not see an “equitable” way to meet
- What computer/equipment spec do you get at your company? Computer, monitor, etc. Or budget if your company does that.
- Learning and development budget?? Does your company offer a learning and development budget for things like courses, conferences, etc? If so, how much is the budget and what are you using yours on this year?
- What are you spending your conference/learning budget on this year? A lot of companies have budgets per employee for them to spend. Since in-person conferences are no longer a thing, what are you spending your budget on? Books? Online courses? Hardware? TC: 340k
- Attending conferences What's the policy at your company? Who gets to vo? How often? Budget limit? ...
- Stingy Microsoft All other giants are allowing business trips, training budgets, morale budgets, except for IBM… ooops it’s actually Microsoft who behaves like a rust belt company. The only difference is that Microsoft is in good shape. So just being stingy, as talent leaves.
- Where do Forfeited RSU’s go Where do the forfeited RSUs go when someone leaves the company? Back into the department budget for next perf cycle or back to the company?
- What are some simple personal money management tip/s you have that you wish you could tell your younger self Whether it is creating budget, calling cable companies for discount, using credit card wisely for points etc.#personalfinance
- vote Do you think a manager hire contractors just to "fill the budget"? I am not sure about in USA, but definitely in other countries, they work on projects, fixing road (digging up road for unnecessary reasons), just because they need to spend the budget. If they don't spend the budget, then the government won't give them that much budget the next year. So, do some c
- Best benefit at work other than money? What noon monetary benefit means the most to you? Company ownership plan? Ride share plan? Dinner budget?
- S386/HR1044 Stop ! The root cause is H1B visa abuse. Look at what those Indian consulting companies like Infosys are doing ! There is no green cards budget increase. It hurts ROW and diversity. We shall solve the root cause !
- Looking for a Macbook in India (used will do too, Air would do too) Are there any companies selling old Macs? Have budget constraints. Location- India #engineering #software #swe #india
- Team bonding ideas in remote work? Hello all, I am a manager of a small team in my company and I have a decent budget for a quarterly team bonding activity. What are you guys doing for team bonding? Any ideas on how can we spend that budget?
- PM - Training budget @Product managers, How do you use company training budget? Any courses, trainings, books that you find useful?
- Farewell gift to Manager I’m quitting my current role and moving on to a new company...... My manager was always nice to me, and genuinely a good human.... Should I give him a farewell gift? If yes, what should be the budget? Any good ideas are appreciated.
- A HR question If the company gave you the offer but because of budget/headcount , HR said SVP did not approve . When there is available budget , will they reach out to give the offer again? Or just post the job to hire new people.
- Does Microsoft provide allowance for WFH costs? I'll join Microsoft in London in a month. My current company provides a budget to each employee for WFH costs. Does MS offer something similar? TC: 200 GBP YOE: 17
- Mover Recommendations: SF to NY Finally decided to move to NY, looking to find a good mover, also budget friendly. Company is paying lump sum.
- How are Cruise Automation, Waymo, Aurora doing? How are the self-driving car companies doing? Waymo obviously has the biggest advantage with unlimited budget but how are they doing in general?
- How are funds and budget decided for new headcounts and promoting existing employees in a large tech MNC? I was curious to know how this budget management happens in big companies. Does the HR and VPs decide on a number which trickles down to lower rung groups? Or is it more bottom-up, where first level managers estimate the budgets and roll it up to the VPs? Would love to get inputs from line managers
- What kind of equipments does your company provide? Hi 👋 I wonder what kind of equipments your company provides for WFH. - A budget limit? - Laptop? which brand? - External Monitor? inch? 4k? - Keyboard and mouse? - etc?? Do you usually use the company laptop when you work? what if your laptop is more powerful? #engineering #software #swe
- vote Exodus from FANG to smaller companies? In light of recent successful IPOs, liquidity and big company troubles (esp with budget cuts at Google and bad public perception for FB) - will we see an exodus from FANG to smaller companies?
- I DID IT!! From healthcare 🥜 to tech 200K+ TC in 3 years Im over the moon rn!! Three years ago I was in a low level dead end healthcare job. Worked hard during nights to learn code, build projects, etc etc. Got my first web dev job, COVID rocked their budget and I got laid off. Got new dev job for a year, then another at tech company last may. All good ex
- Does Apple offer any relocation help? Currently interviewing with Apple. I’m on the east coast and the role is at HQ. Do they offer any relocation help like covering moving costs, a relocation bonus, a budget to fly out and check out housing, etc? These are just some of the other relocation perks I’ve heard at other companies.
- Amazon Benefits I’ve received an attractive offer that I’m considering from Amazon. I’ve obviously seen the HR email about benefits (abysmal 401(k) match, healthcare, etc.) but is there anything else as a company (besides bananas) that gets missed? Does Amazon give any budget for WFH setup? What perks has your team
- link Got Niantic offer. What are some cool perks/benefits? Got Sr. SWE offer from Niantic. But I can't find detailed list of benefits on levels.fyi and I only got details about insurance plans from recruiter. Do they have any wellness budget (how much)? Company phone? ESPP? Anything else that I would like to know? Old TC: 200k New TC: 350k
- Question for HR / managers Before Covid-19 , our manager rarely take us for company paid lunch, happy hour or any fun outing. But my first employer used to take us for GoCart, arcade games, mini golf etc fun activities. They all are big companies. Some do some don’t. Why? Is it lack of budget from the top management? Or
- Company got acquired in Q4, and trying to land on my feet again Q1'2022 is going to be a bloodbath. Sending resume left and right already. Are companies still actively interviewing this late in the year for non-tech positions? Or is the budget already gone?
- Where do you use your learning / education budget? If your company provide such budget, what do you generally buy from it? Blind tax (although irrelevant for this post) TC: 60L YOE: 8
- Anyone else from Canada think that the TC from US companies are unrealistic? After seeing the TC of most of the post I feel like I am making very less compared to most of the US companies. Plus the cost of living is insane in Toronto and at the end of month I am budgeting for my food. Anyone else feel the same? TC: 103k CAD Yoe: 6
- Javascript react/node/rn engineers needed..seed startup. Consumer social space. Dm me, have budget for 2-3 engineers for fresh seed funded company. Let's go 🚀. React and react native engineers. Lots of fun UI UX work
- vote Do you sell vested RSUs? I was wondering what most people do once their RSU vests each year - do you hold on to all of them, sell a percentage of them, or sell all of them? When budgeting expenses, do you include your expected vested RSU value (assuming current stock price and not accounting for stock appreciation/depreci
- Lost my Cisco Job Got cut due to budget cuts. Pretty distressed and worried. I rarely ask for help but would appreciate referrals for Product Management roles or Project management roles. Anything in tech, preferably FAANG. Promise to pay it forward. I've worked in the PM space for about 5 years. Have experience wit
- Community based hiring in the US I escaped reservation based hiring in India. Now I see companies in the US are allocating budgets to hire people of certain communities/race/gender. Is this really fair or am I missing something?
- Leetcode + PHP Do you know which company uses PHP stack, I have a solid 10 years in PHP Should I apply for for EM/SDM position? I have been doing managerial position at my job, interview, building team and setting budgets for contractors.
- Jpmc work from home culture Hi guys I will be switching to jpmc soon wanted to check what the company offers for wfh for hyderabad location. As I will be submtting my laptop to the current firm do the firm has budget?
- vote Pre-IPO Tech Startup $100k TC vs KPMG $115k TC I’m in the interview process at KPMG and a few other tech companies. Should I make the move to management consulting or stay in tech marketing? My background: I have 5 years of tech marketing experience in enterprise IT and cybersecurity. I’m a technical digital marketer - managed $20m+ marketing b
- Contractors US culture Is it common in US companies to have a sh*tty attitude to contractors? In my company nobody cares about contractors at all, even basic things like no people management, not allowed to work from home or even no budget for common teambuildings?
- What’s working at Airbnb like post layoffs Airbnb seems to be hiring again and I’m curious if the culture has changed at all since layoffs. Are expectations any different? Did folks who escape layoffs feel pressure to perform? Tighter budgets? Or have things returned to normal with travel back? Also curious if teams reached out to folks who