Engineering manager makes less than software engineer at the same level at Google -- is that true? Any other company likes this as well?
This can be true at Facebook, there's no special distinction in comp between ICs and managers at the same level so it would depend on other factors.
Google has engineering managers?
@codesearch - tell us more about the bad ones. What makes them bad after passing tough interviews?
Probably true at databricks for some of the really young managers who are two to three years out of college.
It is interesting that, manager could decide engineer's comp which would be higher than manager's -- how to retain manager in that way?
I know a lot of these situations, engineers don't want to go into mabagement track and they are veterans who just need the boring stuff offloaded to a junior to mid career guy. They get paid better than the always replaceable junior managers
At sfdc it is pretty clear which level engineer & managers match to. So it is possible to be a manager managing engineers at a higher level and pay. The same happens with acquihires versus nonacquihires. (Manager could be a nonacquihire with a smaller RSU package) I don't think it is an issue. There never has been a rule that says "managers must be paid more than reports".
At Amazon and Microsoft, usually engineering manager makes more than engineer at the same level. Different level of reports is different story. Seems like it is better to be manager in A or M than F or G?
Depends but mgr used to get more rsu