CompensationMar 8, 2019
NewTC++

Why police officers make more than FANG software engineers?

Check out police officer TCs in Mountain View: https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/mountain-view/ That's more than Google and FB engineers. Seems very unfair.

2011-2017 salaries for Mountain View | Transparent California
2011-2017 salaries for Mountain View | Transparent California
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Square ☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️ Mar 8, 2019

Bullying minorities is tough work

Airbnb caudex Mar 8, 2019

Company checks out. I think at least 50% of the cops I’ve seen in SF are minorities.

Unity TPmU88 Mar 9, 2019

Minorities can still bully other minorities when it's generally acceptable among their cop peers. Everybody has the potential to be asshole.

Box strcpy() Mar 8, 2019

Are FAANG engineers getting shot at?

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TC++ OP Mar 8, 2019

In real world shooting with police happens very rarely, unlike what you see in movies. To put things in perspective: on the job fatality rates for police officer is 1/10th that of loggers, 1/4th that of roofers and 70% less than that of taxi drivers. The risk for police offices is highly overblown.

Square ☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️ Mar 8, 2019

I’d like to see stats on how often cops are shot by their fellow trigger happy officers

Microsoft gfba68 Mar 8, 2019

Being a police officer is a much more difficult job

Google QGNW73 Mar 8, 2019

Physically, yes. Technically, no. Apples & Oranges

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TC++ OP Mar 8, 2019

It's not a physically demanding job either. They need to pass some physical endure and strength tests to graduate from police school but they don't do anything physically demanding on the job. They are not like construction workers or farmers in terms of physical labor.

Microsoft innocent Mar 8, 2019

Because they risk lives doing the job

Square ☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️ Mar 8, 2019

Their risk is lower than a construction worker

Microsoft innocent Mar 8, 2019

Construction workers get paid even higher.

Oracle now@google Mar 8, 2019

Why is it unfair?

Box strcpy() Mar 8, 2019

Because OP is whiny and entitled. That or a troll.

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TC++ OP Mar 8, 2019

I hear all the time how tech workers are paid too much in Bay Area and force out natives. All those morons protesting and blocking Google buses. Sounds like non-techies have it good in Bay Area.

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neetflix Mar 8, 2019

That’s total pay and benefits, not just salary.

Google Huhf13 Mar 8, 2019

And it's like 100k of benefits so not a small thing

Amazon sos567 Mar 8, 2019

See the breakdown. Lot of it is overtime and benefits

Intel 007agt Mar 8, 2019

they have overtime. Their base salary is competitive though.

Oracle now@google Mar 8, 2019

To be fair, FANG engineers also work overtime, but without pay.

Intel 007agt Mar 8, 2019

they also have off duty gigs.

Red Hat TCorNthn Mar 8, 2019

Have you seen LivePD?

Salesforce namehere1 Mar 8, 2019

Are you working 60 labor hours a week patrolling the streets? You are coming from the mindset of software engineers > police officers. What do you think you are? You type on your keyboard stuff you copy from stackoverflow. Get over your overblown self-importance ego.