“SpaceX “interfered with, restrained and coerced its employees” from discussing “wages, hours, or conditions of employment,” the NLRB said in its filing. Employees that came together to discuss salaries and employment terms were then fired, the agency said.” https://apple.news/Al0CYLw33QfOSgwSg9ynS6w
I worked there many years ago and got paid 🥜. Random no name crappy local small companies doing nothing special offered the same or more. I wonder how much their comp has changed.
well "many years ago" Starlink didn't even exist and SpaceX wasn't the force it is today but it seems the 🥜 narrative has just stuck regardless. At least on the SWE 1/2 levels our comp is on par with top paying tech. Eta: and since we have twice a year buybacks, I'd add that our comp is better than many of the hot pre-IPO companies.
Pay has gotten better ^ but the lowest levels get paid the same as the local fast food places. Never felt like wages couldn't be discussed in the orgs I've worked
I get paid square in the middle of my [title] band. (sorry not anywhere near the 100s of k tc most people on here make. But I think I'd do a disservice to this question if I didn't add that I was initially offered (in a different role) $3-4 hr less than what the recruiter quoted me when initially reaching out. In the multiple years I've been with the company I've been very clear during review convo (pre comp talk) about what kind of raise I'd be looking for and I've earned atleast that or higher each time. That being said, the 5 years ago SpaceX can't pay people people 🥜 today like they used to on name alone. There are too many interesting and venture capital funded organizations out there trying to be the next SpaceX and Blue Origin and Kuiper, while not anywhere near SpaceX tail have loads of money to throw at experienced engineers to try and catch up.
My TC has grown a little over 200k since I joined due to generous base pay increases and stock growth.
I believe in labor rights being modernized and enforced because ... history . . But the number of anti-SpaceX articles out recently is weird. Why is SpaceX getting singled out for contractual clauses that are common in many industries? The NLRB only ruled in 2023 that broad confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses might not be constitutional and all pre-2023 language in contracts is void. If it's void anyways, why go after just one company for retroactive contract modification? My parents are not in tech and their contracts have similar clauses. They always sign them because these haven't been enforceable in CA for a long time anyways and now the federal law is catching up.
My starting TC was 350k. More now with stock appreciation. I expect it to keep growing. I took a huge paycut (~50%) from FAANG to come here. I enjoy the work way more and have more impact. Also we build stuff that goes to space, so that's pretty cool. Worth it.
🥱🥱🥱🥱 More lawfare from the radical left dems
mainly here for the stock 🚀🚀. faang etc might 2x in your lifetime. spacex still has a couple x left in the tank. also no one know what’s gonna happen with the eventual spacex starlink split.
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