Salaries here are 2x than Glassdoor for same position. Why?
Tech salaries have increased rapidly over the last decade and Glassdoor hasn't purged old data. What was a good offer 5 years ago is very bad now. Also, people here tend to exaggerate. It's still a better indicator than Glassdoor IMO
I've worked at 2 US companies, first one TC was 70% higher, second was double the Glass door pay.
Stock is not listed clearly on glassdoor.
Exactly. This is a huge factor.
Sampling bias
I was in the last phase of offer. Company asked for two days to send the offer. Meanwhile I checked their salaries on Glassdoor and was about send an email saying I am not interested anymore, because I already had an offer with better numbers. My brother adviced me to let the company make the offer. Meanwhile I kept the decline email ready. I was surprisingly shocked to receive an offer with over 50% more salary. Later I negotiated to make it over 70% more than Glassdoor. Since then I never even look at Glassdoor numbers. It's all old and useless now. Fyi, it was for internship.
Why they don't fix it? They only have one job
My guess is their data is the only value they provide. If they start deleting old data, their service becomes uselss - even if their data is old and misleading
Same positions very often make very different money so reporting of exact TC + yoe is totally pointless in my personal opinion.
Glassdoor is outdated, and ppl here inflate their numbers. Also, idiots tend to include signing bonuses and things like 401k match in their TC, which is not the correct way of computing TC.
Why Not? Total Compensation means TOTAL. Why shouldn't I include everything? That's how I evaluate offers.
@jondoe, because it makes it difficult to compare numbers. Do you include the cost of free lunches? Are you in HR?