Can’t think of any due to executive level leadership. It was once a great company that was culture and people driven. That has been gutted with 2 major layoffs in the last 4 years.
With recent 12k layoffs, have to do more with less. Incredibly stretch goals that are unattainable which makes me think they are using it to justify further layoffs. Recent change in RTO policy = 5 days a week.
The Teamsters have reached a tentative deal with UPS, ahead of what would be the largest strike in modern U.S. history. It would raise minimum pay for part-time workers to $21/hour. Current part-timers would get up to a $1.50/hour additional raise. UPS would also hire 30,000 full-time jobs. The cont...Read more
I'm in the wrong business. After their recent contract, UPS long-haul truck drivers make $170k+. Good job Teamsters
Unionized UPS drivers will make $170,000/yr on average. Software engineers make $115,000/yr on average. Sources: https://www.indeed.com/career/software-engineer/salaries https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/08/10/ups-driver-pay-new-contract/70571518007
Secret government contracts, cover ups, things they are not revealing that they know
Asking for a friend who is interviewing for Apple contract role and for other small start ups. What is the experience of working at Apple as a contractor? How likely is it to convert to full time? Thanks
The 11,000 pilots at Southwest voted in a contract that ups pay 50% over the five-years of the deal. Meanwhile we are getting laid off in Tech. TC:$240k https://www.fox4news.com/news/southwest-airlines-pilots-contract.amp
I’m a physician, financially savvy but new to tech and start-ups. A healthcare start-up wants to hire me as a consultant. They offered to pay me either cash or shares. The initial offer was 2,500 shares (not options) per year. I don’t know how many shares they are going to issue or the valuation o...Read more
Contractors what is your hourly rate FAANG companies? Length of contract, YOE, as well would be helpful please Im NYC based Lead/Sr. Product Designer with 7 years of experience, hybrid UX/Visual/Interaction skillset, past experience building products end to end for Google, Snap, Paypal, Verizon, Fi...Read more
One lady Bay area recruiter(consultancy) called me and said that companies like eBay PayPal linkedin Walmart labs won't hire full time cause the managers have tie ups with consultancy companies and hence they reject and will force contract work on you .Is that true? She claims that the managers and ...Read more
Are there enough full time and contract jobs in marketing in the DFW area? Also, are there enough tech start ups?#marketing Thank you.
I was wondering what everyone's thoughts are on tech work in the DC/northern VA area?Seems to be mainly government contracting, pay seems decent but not as good as the bay area. Type of work can behind the times, mainly attributed to working with the government. Are there start ups/companies to look...Read more
I am currently contracting (long term 1 year contract) with a US based company. YOE: 6 TC: 100000 USD I have a pretty good WLB here and the money is great. The issue is that recently a lot of higher ups have resigned / been replaced which makes me question my job security here. Which company can ...Read more
$120K at a design agency (contract position, no benefits) in San Francisco I have 3 YOE at small start-ups and am excited to join a larger company. Should I keep interviewing? It's Q4 so I'm nervous hiring will slow down significantly.
I have: - 10 years general software development jobs in among start-ups, contracting, universities, government, etc. - 4 years Engineering Manager experience at a medium size start-up (~200 employees, ~50 engineers) - 1 year in a Tier 2 tech company. My position seems to intersect with Google L6 acc...Read more
Skydio recruiter has reached out for a position. I have been reading about the company and it’s currently in Series-E funding. I don’t know much about start ups but quick googling said not many companies survive after Series-D. Company’s Wikipedia says that they received 200-300 mil in funding for...Read more
I currently work as a tech lead, as a corp to corp contractor, with a great wlb of a remote day a week and never staying past 5pm. The work isnt very exciting and im not passionate about the projecf, but the wlb is great. I interviewed for L5 at Amazon, but they set me as L4, but said they could o...Read more
Any news if there's gonna be an extension for the return to office date? Any email you saw by "accident" or gossip around the coffee machine / during stand ups? Asking just out of the curiosity for a sense of what's kinda "coming". Personally my contract is 100% remote wether there's gonna be a re...Read more
https://mobsquad.io/ Basic premise of this company is that US immigration sucks and they hire top talent from US, offer them Canada PR, citizenship etc and contract them back to the US. How hard is it to start such a company? Many start-ups and even top companies like Facebook, Google use shitload ...Read more
Please help me evaluate the offer as the founding team member as technical lead for a start-up. Base: $250k; Equity 5% - forecasted to be between $4-$9M in ~10yrs. - niche market smaller TAM My biggest value add to the team, which they recognize, is my product vision and technical sense. I am exci...Read more
I’ve been a W2 contractor and am moving full-time, but in the interim, some start ups want me to do freelance work for them. It's been a while since I have so I'm wondering about the contracts. Do you guys have any advice and examples? How did you get legally binding ones that covered your butt and ...Read more