Tech IndustrySep 16, 2022
Coupanglavajam

Is levels fyi outdated now?

For a lot of companies the offer numbers are really low compared to the offer numbers shared on blind.

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sujffyj Sep 16, 2022

I lie on here about my TC and you don’t actually know where people work unless they say and even then they can lie

PayPal πŸ”‹99% Sep 16, 2022

What's teal benchmark πŸ€”

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FAA+New+G Sep 16, 2022

Bench that has a mark of color teal

BCG muichiro Sep 16, 2022

yea levels was too low for multiple offers i got (eg amazon, spotify, dropbox)

Microsoft QfIY54 Sep 16, 2022

If salaries are going up, which they usually are then Levels is a lagging indicator, also new offers tend to be higher than existing employees at the same level. It's best to look at individual data, and filter to new offers within the last 6 months.

Applied Material zUoX78 Sep 16, 2022

You mean the website where 90% TC is using magic math formulas of annual income = 4yrs RSU + basic? Yes, I am referring to Levels.fyi & to a large extent Blind as well. If these 2 what you are looking at, yes; only fools will believe 6YOE SWE get $700G TC

Google ImNotHuman Sep 16, 2022

Cute πŸ₯°

LiveRamp truff2 Sep 26, 2022

They flag offers greater than two years old with a warning icon.