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aperfectcirclefan posted:Do people typically get remote computers or are people mostly using their own? Any legit company will provide hardware to their employees
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Jan 12, 2022 21:41
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I remote to a work computer.
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Jan 12, 2022 21:59
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aperfectcirclefan posted:Do people typically get remote computers or are people mostly using their own? I was shipped a laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, docking station, etc for my current remote role. If you're 1099, you may use your own. Or not, depending.
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Jan 12, 2022 22:20
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air- posted:Any legit company will provide hardware to their employees Not universally true but generally the practice. Easier to standardize and to install all the desired spyware.
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Jan 12, 2022 23:11
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air- posted:Any legit company will provide hardware to their employees Mine does but man I wish I got an allowance to byod. That probably wouldn't work but would be far nicer.
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Jan 12, 2022 23:48
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My work provided my laptop and offered to provide more stuff like chairs and monitors and docks, but I didn't want to have to bother sending anything else back when I leave, and I can just keep using my own poo poo for whatever the next job is.
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Jan 12, 2022 23:51
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shame on an IGA posted:technologically I think the tipping point would be somewhere between 2008 and 2012 but culturally, even if covid had happened 4 years earlier than it did implementation of it would've been sabotaged at every level of government and corporate management because forcing boomers to spend time at home with their families is a war crime. Yeah probably sometime after 2004 Cable internet got "fast" and was everywhere about then, putty wasn't terrible, remote desktop was usable but not great, more than 0% of small and medium sized companies had heard of Linux, laptops post 2002 weren't completely terrible Computers probably weren't fast enough (except for the highest end) to do a three way video call, let alone 5 or 10 way until 2008 Most of my office was wfh 2-3 days a week starting in 2012 with a couple of high bus factor people that just refused to come in to work
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Jan 13, 2022 00:50
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I use my home PC to remote to a PC in the office, but I have the option of using work hardware at home if I ask for it. Artists and others with specialized equipment aren't expected to use stuff from home. I remember like ZDTV or somewhere having to frankenstein multiple PCs together in order to enable four-way video calls sometime in the early 00s -- I don't think meetings could have transitioned into that space into much more recently. I remember Citrix and remote desktop being mostly functional over 10Mb internal networking in like 2002, so theoretically that sort of thing could have been possible if you were in a place where the infrastructure allowed it.
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Jan 13, 2022 10:47
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I remember using a citrix solution via 256kbit vsat while at sea, it was just as poo poo as it sounds like 
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Jan 13, 2022 11:31
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My job sent me a macbook but no peripherals. The rest of the company uses windows PCs and I'm sure I could get a dock + monitor like the windows people do but I didn't bother. I actually liked remoting in via my desktop before my laptop arrived but it was a Windows VM and just not set up for what we do. Working seamlessly from my personal machine was nice because I could easily listen/watch/browse whatever I wanted and keep notes on stuff I learned in my personal possession.
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Jan 13, 2022 14:37
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I feel like you would all appreciate this:Hughlander posted:AITA for quitting mid-project and for not waiting for my replacement?
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Jan 13, 2022 21:11
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I was wondering if anyone had advice on negotiating over piecework. I'm currently looking at some academic copy-editing work for some extra cash. The initial email suggested the company pays between £5 and £10 per 1000 words depending on the type of editing being done. Now obviously, £5 doesn't interest me at all, but £10 feels a bit low to me too (I don't know what the usual per-1000 rate is, but it's probably well short of the £30 per hour suggested here).
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Jan 13, 2022 21:46
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the legitimate online moneymaking thread might have some data for you
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Hand Knit posted:I was wondering if anyone had advice on negotiating over piecework. I'm currently looking at some academic copy-editing work for some extra cash. The initial email suggested the company pays between £5 and £10 per 1000 words depending on the type of editing being done. Now obviously, £5 doesn't interest me at all, but £10 feels a bit low to me too (I don't know what the usual per-1000 rate is, but it's probably well short of the £30 per hour suggested here). Academic copy-editing is pretty heavy work, and if you're contracting with a company you'll likely be doing it under pretty tight deadlines. I wouldn't be interested in it for much less than £25 per 1000 but your situation may be different from mine and/or I may be completely off the ranch as to market rates because lol England.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Academic copy-editing is pretty heavy work, and if you're contracting with a company you'll likely be doing it under pretty tight deadlines. I wouldn't be interested in it for much less than £25 per 1000 but your situation may be different from mine and/or I may be completely off the ranch as to market rates because lol England. I am extremely conscious of the company trying to exploit the academic tendency to take on heavy work for deeply inferior pay. Their website says their fee "starts at" £18 per 1000 words, but presumably that's what they're charging for simply proofreading. I assume they charge more for copy-editing.
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Assuming that aita post is real and not stdh denying a raise because of pregnancy is likely discrimination and an easy win lawsuit if they were dumb enough to document it.
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Jan 14, 2022 18:05
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My wife was laid off recently and they are trying to being her back now, is that a good time to negotiate a raise?
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Jan 15, 2022 15:23
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Rakeris posted:My wife was laid off recently and they are trying to being her back now, is that a good time to negotiate a raise? Generally yes, but usually better you negotiate a lump sum or a set term with a longer severance/bonus. Basically, you now work under the assumption that the employment is short term but that the employee here has a lot of leverage (they are coming back because they need her, not someone like her). I had a similar situation when my department was dissolved and I was laid off with a severance. I was shortly approached to come back and I negotiated essentially coming back at the same salary but for a set term and then a longer severance. Basically my thinking was if they laid me off once they'll do it again, so even a big raise isn't super useful (a 30% raise for 6 months isn't much net) but and additional 50% of my salary for 6mos of work is much more bankable. While going through that I was offered a new role in a different company which blew what I was negotiating out of the water anyway (which may also be a likely possibility for your wife), but in most situations I'd be leery about returning to a job that laid me off for "just" a nominal raise. The important thing here is the company has realized your wife is more valuable working for them than not, so it's a good time to squeeze that. Without knowing what your wife or the company does, or the situation, etc of course.
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Jan 15, 2022 15:50
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Yeah there can be no such thing as a gently caress You Pay Me (guaranteed, in writing) situation if that isn't one.
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Hello thread. I'm cross-posting a request (even though there's probably ~90% overlap of posters) in case anyone here can offer some insider perspective:Trabant posted:In case anyone has knowledge of pay levels at Microsoft -- specifically for a Sr. Program Manager -- I would really appreciate some guidance on what those salaries are like. An offer is apparently heading my way so I'm wondering what I should expect. This is technically classified as an engineering role but it's in supply chain and closer to BI.
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Have you already tried levels.fyi or would this job not fall under there?
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I have (also suggested in the corporate thread) and it kinda-sorta maps to a Technical Program Manager role. But not knowing where it falls in that 63-64-65 range means average base salary ranges from $160k to $203k, and that's a mighty big difference. I'm fully aware these are all obscene numbers, but someone's going to get that money so... it might as well be me
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Trabant posted:I have (also suggested in the corporate thread) and it kinda-sorta maps to a Technical Program Manager role. But not knowing where it falls in that 63-64-65 range means average base salary ranges from $160k to $203k, and that's a mighty big difference. That range doesn't seem unusually wide. I'd shoot for 210-220. 
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leper khan posted:That range doesn't seem unusually wide. I'd shoot for 210-220. Thank you  I was suggested mid-200s in the other thread so you're converging on a similar range! A significantly-higher-than-expected range, but I'm not complaining.
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In today's market if you're arguably senior level and working on the west coast or an east coast tech hub I wouldn't look at anything under $200 anymore If inflation stays at 7% a 200k salary gives you $186 after one year and $173k buying power after two 200 seemed crazy eight months ago but now there's nobody I know making less than that and two of my team members have left to make 50% more than that If a year ago you thought this position was $165, I'd start asking 215 and see where they come back
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My company just handed me a 7% market/COL adjustment which is both unprecedented and also not keeping up with the market. Turnover has been brutal the past year or two, and hiring is harder than ever. The company line is that they target 75th percentile in comp for whatever that is worth (not much). poo poo is crazy out there. Senior dev on the west coast and now my base is ~180, 10% bonus, and ~50k in RSU refreshes a year. Higher than ever, and yet I know I could still jump for more. But I'm still sitting on some unvested & appreciated RSUs for the time being that push those numbers up even further and interviewing sucks so sitting tight for now. If you're out there interviewing and negotiating, ask for the moon and the stars. You might just get it.
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bamhand posted:Have you already tried levels.fyi or would this job not fall under there? I had not heard of this site and it did not appear in my searches for finding job compensation. Thank you for sharing this. For anyone else looking to arm themselves with information, these were the sites I used. I don't know if they're good or not, and I don't know if they can possibly keep up with how crazy the market is right now, but I figure multiple sources can always be helpful. If anyone else knows any others, please share. https://www.onetonline.org/ https://www.indeed.com/career/salaries https://www.salary.com/ This one only works for those in the Boston metro, obviously: https://www.builtinboston.com/salaries/ I tried to use Glassdoor but it wanted me to sign in. gently caress that. And of course, the most important link: this negotiation thread.
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Glassdoor is trash garbage, search for it in the thread not gonna rehash that again, levels.fyi is pretty close to market if trailing by 5-10% in my experience And yeah for my job search this summer I got a number, countered WAY high and they were like "yep let me take that to the CTO to sign off" I was expecting to have to negotiate down from my opening offer but nope
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Just got an offer for a Staff Engineer / Technical Lead position. $190k, no equity, no structured bonus. Fully remote, but I'm unwilling to relocate from my high-cost west coast major city. My research says that's pretty low right? I'm thinking of asking back for like $230k with a 10% signing bonus and seeing where they go after reading this thread and growing a backbone. I think part of it is I'm coming from $150k same title (15% yearly retention bonus, so ~172, but I'd rather have salary than bonus), so countering back asking for a ~20% bump feels like I'm shooting too high (over a 10% bump from where I am, but they don't know where I am). I was hired here as Sr Engineer 4 years ago and the market is much different now.
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Realized my internet bill was a little heavy for the last few months. Called and asked nicely for the "new customer" promotional rate. Got it for a year, saving $30/month. $360 for 12 minutes on the phone was time well spent. Thank you nice call center lady Tina.
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zombienietzsche posted:Just got an offer for a Staff Engineer / Technical Lead position. $190k, no equity, no structured bonus. $220 lead is not unreasonable, what state is the company in? If they're in like, Ohio, might be very near the top of the scale. Always always counter. I would start with $235 and work your way back from there so that you've "given up" $15k Once you settle on salary, in writing, then go back and start negotiating for starting bonus
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Thanks, I appreciate the advice. I was considering signing bonus as part and parcel of comp but I understand why you are recommending to tackle it separately. They're incorporated here in Los Angeles, HQ was here until they decided to go fully remote in the middle of last year. Also, software engineers are mostly here or in comparable cities so I would expect an LA pay scale. Levels.fyi puts 75% percentile "Software Engineer" here at $240k. Their internal recruiter said they would entertain counter offers like 5 times. It's reassuring to know that the "gently caress you, never mind" level is probably much closer to 800k than 200k. zombienietzsche fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Jan 22, 2022 |
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Sounds like you should start at 250 so.
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zombienietzsche posted:Their internal recruiter said they would entertain counter offers like 5 times. This is them politely hinting that they're seriously lowballing you and please call is back please don't be mad at us we really do want to hire you I would start at 280
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Hadlock posted:This is them politely hinting that they're seriously lowballing you and please call is back please don't be mad at us we really do want to hire you lol yeah this is my exact reaction, that recruiter must be exhausted by candidates ghosting them at the offer stage.
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zombienietzsche posted:Just got an offer for a Staff Engineer / Technical Lead position. $190k, no equity, no structured bonus. Fully remote, but I'm unwilling to relocate from my high-cost west coast major city. My research says that's pretty low right? I'm thinking of asking back for like $230k with a 10% signing bonus and seeing where they go after reading this thread and growing a backbone. You should be able to pull 250-300 total comp. If they can't meet that range, you can find that elsewhere. I found it in games. Non games you can probably target even higher tbh. levels.fyi
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Maybe I'm skewed because of SF but 300k is low for Staff.
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I'm in the wrong industry
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spf3million posted:I'm in the wrong industry Abso-loving-lutely Like living in Texas and not being in the healthcare or oil industry
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