- Which side are you on for gig economy ? Gig workers have been demanding respectable wages and Uber/ Lyft/ Doordash have been fighting against it. It is very surprising that mostly left leaning tech industry and engineers have kept their mouth shut on this. Historically, same type of people have called out Walmart and others for exploting
- What are HR1044/S386? A few questions. Why do people care? People on blind usually don’t care about politics, and they just care about TC. I read both bills. I have some questions: 1. People say it will only benefit some specific groups, and hurt most. I don’t see it. It seems fair, right? 2. Why do we only change the way of distributi
- UK vs US comp/quality of life I'm curious to understand how your guy's quality of life is in the US. I work in London, UK as a VP of Engineering, a mortgage on a 3 bed semi-detached in Zone 5 (about 1 hour outside of London) but my work is actually in another borough also in Zone 5, so my commute is 30m by cycle. Therefore, wit
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and industry lounge. - Since we're on the subject of Google... Let me start by saying I in NO way want to or intend to discuss the manifesto fiasco. But what I do find strange about the whole thing is how Google jumped to be a knight in shining armor to the sensitivity and well being of employees when, in my first hand experience, they have some of the most su
- vote Set out for Seattle I’m trying to decide if it makes financial sense to relocate to Seattle WA, from the south east. Current Situation: I work for Oracle in OCI. I am well compensated for the South. 165 in base and enough stock to push me to 220 for the next 4 years. I work entirely from home and my job is pretty low
- vote Is taxation “class warfare”? When the question of taxing business comes up in the mainstream, Republicans and centrist Democrats decry “class warfare” against the rich. if that’s true, does it also mean that tax breaks for companies or the super-rich is class warfare against regular wage workers? The same US politicians who r
- starting to feel anoyed with the cofounder🤦♂️ a year ago met a doctor with some cool method he made like 30’years ago. thought would be nice to equip it with some new tech. ended up partnering with the dude for 25% of the new business which now started to manufacture ai powered equipment. the docror dude is now irrelevant in the business as add
- link Minimum Wage This is too far: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rashida-tlaib-just-teed-up-a-great-minimum-wage-question-for-the-next-democratic-debates
- $65k Bay Area WITCH "SWE" - Going nowhere and feel like just giving up on life About me: BSCS from random unranked state school YOE: Few months US Citizen TC: $65k/year, living with parents Need to stay in the Bay Area for family reasons WITCH = Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Congizant, HCL. I work for one of these companies (1st job out of college). The client where i work at is Apple
- Origins of racism in the US It’s pretty simple really. The wealth in this country came from displacing American Indians and off the backs of black slaves and various immigrant groups. Modern military and colonial efforts always dehumanize those they are robing and killing. If all people have inalienable rights but your econo
- link Bernie Sanders is anti-immigration Might have to vote for him in order to stop Democrats & Republicans from continuing to make America like Brazil. Ezra Klein You said being a democratic socialist means a more international view. I think if you take global poverty that seriously, it leads you to conclusions that in the US are consid
- Living in Seattle has made me support a lower minimum wage for servers/waiters I worked in food service during college a few years ago in a state where minimum wage is $2 for servers under the assumption you get tips which could bring up wages to $15-$25 hour (decent for an unskilled college kid working nights/weekends). I busted my ass for tips Now in Seatte, service sucks.
- Let’s get real about diversity in the business world here in the US... Why the smoke and mirrors around diversity hiring i.e., it’ll make products better. Why not just say that there’s a tax credit of up to at least 40% if not more, of the first years wages when companies hire under represented minorities. Anyone else tired of the bullish!t?
- Do all Liberals support Trump's trade war with China? This should be like the Liberal wet dream come true. Why don't we see more people supporting it in the Bay Area? 1. Pay people a living wage: China operates on basically slave labor and works people to death (9-9-6) 2. Break up big tech: big tech no longer able to rely on China making it less big.
- Solving the problems of the border Problem: we don’t know who is entering without proper documents or how many. Solution: open borders, get rid of quotas and restrictions so that all migration is more straight-forward. There was no issue with illegal border crossings until the US put a limit on Western Hemisphere migrants which incr
- vote Does Capitalism produce conformity? “Conform your life to the needs of business. Study and develop skills needed by the market. ... If you make a low wage, wear this uniform; if you make a high wage then you can dress casual and end up in the same exact The North Face Mao-fleeces as everyone else on the subway. They should have known
- link October Jobs Report - Thank You DJT https://www.marketwatch.com/story/economists-say-wow-to-jobs-report-as-wage-growth-picks-up-2018-11-02
- Stay at Startup vs. Taking New Job I am senior in college and I currently work part time for an up and coming esports team. We are planning on a huge expansion next year, almost tripling our staff. I recently received another internship opportunity that pays double what I currently am getting doing close to the same work. My big worr
- Why are tech interns getting paid so much? Disclaimer: I am a current intern at NVIDIA, ex-intern at two other of { Facebook Apple Microsoft Amazon Google }. I understand how as a full time engineer, it makes sense for companies to pay lots of $$$ for the leverage provided... but as an intern, how does it make sense to make between $7000-$8
- Spreading some positivity around H-1B extensions. Finally my case is approved. Initial extension+H4 I539 Filed June 01 2018 Approved Oct 04 2018 SOC 15 1199 Wage Level 2 Full time in a Fortune top 10 company MS in US major CS Updated in new site Old site still shows received. This has been a big scare. I believe the Trump nightmare will
- F-1 Visa. NEED HELP! Hello Everyone, I'm an F1 student doing my summer internship in New York. I have a question regarding my payroll. I work in a seed start-up I joined at the start of June and it will end on the 18th of August. Since I was the first employee of the company, the company had to file for the 'registrati
- Depressed/Stressed about debt/income I know it's not good to compare myself to other people, but seeing posts here on Blind makes it hard not to. Turning 31 this year, and I feel like I'm drowning in debt (~$175K). Most of it student loans, but a significant amount of credit card debt as well. Given my circumstances (had a kid at 19,
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and industry lounge. - Promotion or demotion? I've been in the mortgage field for 3+ years. I was an assistant and moved up to a LO this year. My salary was decreased to a minimum wage draw because of commission potential. I've been handed a handful of loans this year, but all in all I've been thrown to the fishes and told to produce. The d
- vote Do you tip Lyft/Uber driver? TC: depends. Some background for the poll. I never tip a Uber/Lyft driver but thought that the driver might know from my profile and refuse to take my request. I view tipping as a way for companies to exploit their customers and employees. They should pay their employee a living wage up front and s
- link Democrat Leaders are scared of the Democrat Left I’ll let this quote from the article kick it off: "Republicans have chosen the far right, which means that they have ceded a good portion of the middle of the road,” said former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who is considering a presidential run. “The Democrats, in my opinion, would make a big
- HR 170 passes committee HR 170, which increases h1 minimum wages to 90k and up to 130k has passed committee. It will affect those who have pay less than 90k in most of US and likely less than 130k in Bay area.
- vote Is it different this time or are we falling into the same asset bubble trap all over again? Wages aren’t keeping up. Fundamentals are all out of whack. Yet this continues. Is there truly no end? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/06/san-francisco-house-prices-grew-fastest-ever-in-the-first-half-of-2018.html
- link Manufacturing jobs and wages breaking up! Like by a magic wand ... MAGA Haters will hate ... https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/04/30/trump-boom-manufacturing-wages-see-biggest-gain-in-over-a-decade/
- Utahns: what are your incomes and housing costs? I've grown up in SLC and have always loved it, but man does the pay lag here compared to other states. People tout the cost of living being lower here, but honesty, housing prices have gone up so much in the last five years that cost of living is getting close to a lot of more expensive areas. What
- Net worth vs lifetime earnings to date I checked my account at the social security site today and downloaded my wages per year for my whole life. Totaling them up, I realized that my net worth to lifetime earnings ratio is about 1.2. What’s yours? (to be fair, remove any inheritance or family wealth passed on to you)
- Typical American Strategy 1. Enter an uncharted territory - call it innovation 2. Wage a war - call it a startup - even if it incurs heavy losses in the process 3. Establish a monopoly - smoke out the competition through any and all tactics - false promises to employees or investors, marketing techniques or psychological tri
- Preferential tax treatment for bonus? Need some help here. I've been reading that bonus (supplemental wage) is taxed at a flat 25% rate and that's lower than the 30%+ bracket most tech people will be in. Is it really a flat 25% and the usual tax brackets don't apply? And we're referring to taxed amount not withholding correct? If so,
- Real goal of recent employment based immigration changes - self-deportation Lets us consider the recent immigration related changes: 1. No RFE, straight reject along with NTA => no re-entry for 3-10 years. 2. No premium processing for H1b transfers 2.1 Force employees to not switch jobs, thus frustrating them and keeping wages suppressed. 2.2 Force employers to not hi
- Amazon LP - Do examples only have to come from SDE work? I have 2 YOE since graduating. But during college and high school, I have a ton of experience working different low wage jobs to make it through school. I never bring them up in interviews because nobody cares. But, say I worked a ton of customer service jobs, would interviewers care if I provided a
- vote Goodwill head who makes $164K fired disabled workers after minimum wage hike What would you have done as the manager before the story blew up? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/goodwill-head-who-makes-164000-fired-disabled-workers-after-minimum-wage-hike/
- Glassdoor Topresume.com promotion: honest sales pitch or something more sneaky? Not having changed jobs in many years but thinking of finally attempting it, I took up Glassdoor's offer to have a person at Topresume look at mine. I wasn't at all surprised to see the paid services they offer -- that's what you typically see at the end of a free trial of anything. There were thre
- GC application Hi. I’m currently on H1b on Level1 wage and my employer would like to begin my GC process. Do I request them to UP my wage to a level2 before they begin ? Any inputs is appreciated. Thanks.
- Best path to engineering at creative company I’m interested in being an engineer at adobe, Spotify, Pixar, etc. Currently I’m a support engineer at MS with a non traditional background (self taught). I have the opportunity for apprenticeship as a video software engineer for hourly wage (~60% salary cut) and no benefits at a well connected and
- link Study: Not even IT wages are keeping up with Atlanta’s rising rents https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/4/5/18295565/atlanta-it-wages-rising-rents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Curbed%20Atlanta%204519&utm_content=Curbed%20Atlanta%204519+CID_9a7ce3bd0943e3b174a40830991d6317&utm_source=cm_email&utm_term=Study%20Not%20even%20IT%20wages%20are%20keeping%20up%20with%20Atlanta