So I like browsing the job market. I had heard of Edwards Lifesciences and it is a pretty reputable firm. They have a requirement for *drum rolls please* SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER. To me anything that’s principal is like 1 in 100 engineer. Principal has this *panache* to its title. It’s like a lottery kind of role (at least that’s what I think of). To me a principal engineer in even a LCOL would be making at least 300k (Lower end of what a medical doctor makes). My equivalent of a principal engineer should be compensated well enough to the point where he/she/they make equivalent of what a low level physician makes. Then incomes this job. It’s a principal engineer role, in Irvine, which pays *drum rolls please* 128-181k. You might think oh the rest of the money comes from stocks but nope. It won’t. I’d be happy to be proven wrong by anyone who’s been at this company before. My question to folks here is: how is this acceptable?!? You take highly educated engineers and give them this role/title and pay them that of a role, which is orders of magnitude lower in band and qualifications in a place like Irvine?! How tf does a principal engineer survive in Irvine with 128-181k. With 2 roommates?! I hate what’s happening here. How will these engineers make quality products when they’re not happy. No one is asking to make 1 milli but this shit is humiliating. Do you guys agree or disagree here:
There’s life is hard bubble then there’s simple plain stupid. This is for a Sr Principal role!!!
They will be reposting this ad infinite times
Nope , they will find people. H1b people will work for peanuts just to stay in US
Wait til you learn about VP title at banks.
At least for banking, there's a common understanding of the title inflation over there. Imagine the poor sucker who gets this job and applies for their next job. Resume is going to show "senior principal engineer" applying for a senior engineer role.
They'll get what they pay for.
Why does this bother you? What universe exists in which this job posting be illegal?
Those are base salary
Titles mean different things at different companies
Western Digital made me staff engineer at 3YOE. Some dude who had 8 yoe became a technologist. My salary? 101K, his? 140K. There isn't a single standard across companies. Go by job impact rather than empty titles.
Have you heard of VPs in banks?
They're not gonna get any good candidates. They get what they pay for.