Questions tagged [compensation]
Questions relating to receiving a reward, usually monetary, for the tasks one has completed or a situation one has endured.
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How should I navigate an unfair compensation situation?
Background: I am a former web developer professional who never earned a degree. I developed medical issues that were originally thought to be life altering and enrolled in a college to complete a ...
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Is there a way to politely tell a recruiter that their company can’t afford me?
I’m a staff-level software engineer at a big tech company (think FAANG), which pays very well. I recently got emailed by a recruiter from a smaller company, a long-running but still fairly small ...
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Should I give HR/Employer my desired salary before my annual review?
Human Resources gave me a review template document which I'm to fill out with my accomplishments and desired compensation, and hand back in to them for critique before it goes to the boss before my ...
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Job offer with equity from a startup - what to look for?
I'm in talks with a startup founder about a job, pretty much a CTO role. At the moment it's only 3 people there, I would be the 4th one. It's all running off the founder's pocket now, he says he's got ...
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How to keep up with overperforming coworker [closed]
I work in the IT/software department of a small company. When I was hired there was no formal performance, salary review process within the company, so I requested in my offer letter to have a formal ...
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What is an appropriate compensation structure for freelancing for an early-stage startup?
I was approached by a startup to do some work developing their product. They do not have revenue or funding yet and offered to pay a “market” salary for a contract period that would be 100% deferred ...
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Removing the weekends from the month and then calculating the salary
I am working in a 3-5 people startup & the way my employer calculates the salary is a new way which I have never seen before. He basically first removes the weekends (Sat & Sun) from the month ...
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Can I avoid burning bridges while resigning (at a critical time) [duplicate]
About a half year ago, my department lead verbally promised me a promotion to "principal developer", which comes with a pay raise and lots of perks. When annual reviews came up in October I ...
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Former Coworkers Keep Sending Me Small Requests for Tech Help, How to Respond?
I worked for two years at a themed entertainment company as a designer/developer. I worked on a lot of complicated projects using custom electronics and/or microcontroller firmware. I did my best to ...
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Can't your boss just sign a contract promising a raise or a bonus at some future date?
It seems a too common situation I read here and other places where the boss promise a bonus or a raise in exchange of employee retention and/or other things, and then backs down when it is time pay. ...
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Refusal of compensation raise / demotion? [closed]
Is there an HR perspective I could ask for by refusing a raise or again requesting a demotion?
I was just informed I am being awarded a raise of several thousand dollars. This came as quite a shock as ...
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I feel I'm not being compensated fairly after a long tenure. How do I judge if I am right, and what can I do about it?
I'm a full-stack software developer, and I've been working at a company for 4 years, ever since I graduated from university. I'm being paid a competitive salary, and have lots of room for growth. ...
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Staffing agency says I won't get paid to pick up equipment required by client. Should I push back?
I just got placed through a staffing agency, in the state of California. I'm expected to drive to a client's location and pick up some equipment to use to work from home for the duration of the ...
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Employees quitting soon after being denied promotion/raise
In our company I've noticed a pattern that about 2 months after someone asks for a promotion or raise and does not get it, they are out the door.
Is this the expected result of employees being denied ...
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On an hourly basis, do supervisors typically make more than staff? [closed]
I work in the United States in the medical laboratory field and staff is paid hourly, while supervisors are paid salary. However, the salary difference is minimal, and supervisors routinely work more ...
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Compensation to start-up employees upon company's exit
Start-up I am working for is being acquired. What compensation should I expect not including equity I was given when joined the company, if any? And if I am offered such compensation, how can I ...
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Why the disparity between raises within a company and raises when changing companies?
In software engineering it is common knowledge that you can expect a more significant raise when changing jobs than when getting a raise at your current job. This has been confirmed in my own personal ...
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Bringing up compensation question first when previous relationship exists
I am interviewing at a large corporation (a famous cellphone/design company). I am at the point where they say they definitely want to move forward (and asking all kinds of paperwork related questions)...
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Unfair to ask for food comp as we are going through coronavirus?
When working from office we had free lunches. Because of coronavirus we're working from home.
Today I asked my manager if I can have food compensation now that the office is closed. He says he'd ...
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My employer is attempting to force me to take on more work for less wages than the previous employee
I work for a Construction Company. One of the managers has recently left the company and my line manager offered the job to me. Previously when he was off, the workload was covered almost entirely ...
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Should I expect a raise after completion of a CPIM?
I currently work within the supply chain department of a relatively large child company to a major corporation. I came into my role by working hard, learning quickly, and being noticed by global and ...
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Promised big promotion; new hire might get it instead; help please
I've been working with my current company for 7 years, and have received 2 promotions (i.e. from coop student, to engineer, to intermediate engineer). There are only two more levels in my company (...
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Flying out to an interview but not attending
Recently a company contacted me for recruiting purposes. However, I have previously worked at this company and been fired under very questionable circumstances, and yet they are trying to recruit me ...
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Negotiating an Offer: Salary vs. Equity + Signing Bonus. Help!
I'm thrilled to have received an offer I'm excited really excited about with a great company this past week. This is my first job out of graduate school, so I'm new to the whole negotiation thing.
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Company wants its (small) assets back but wont pay me for the time and wont provide me with clear instructions
I had a hard time coming up with an accurate title.
I had worked for a company where I went to different public locations to promote, advertise and sell certain products. I felt the company was ...
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new job asked me to begin and then delayed [duplicate]
In working with a professional staffing company, I landed a full time job as a specialist with a school district for the remainder of the school year.
I had to scramble to get my credentials in order ...
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New Hampshire: Salary employee must take comp time for pay periods under 40h?
I have a question regarding sick/vacation time for salary employees in New Hampshire, USA.
If a salary worker in NH works over 40h in a week, they are not paid overtime.
However, I am seeing a ...
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Moving from California to Washington state - Payout for unused vacation? [closed]
I worked full time for a company for many years from the San Francisco bay area region in California, USA. After discussion with my manager, I gave notice to quit in November 2019 and my last day is ...
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How to leverage my coworker's departure into a raise (there are only two people in our position)
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Since April, I've been at my current job with a midsize company (I have almost 10 yrs experience in total before this job - stayed 4 and 5+ years in previous companies). My coworker, who ...
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To be released from work before pending leave
Due to circumstances where my role is no longer needed and the expected growth to take on another role by my director was not met by my end, we have both come to mutual terms where I'd resign with a ...
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How to negotiate an offer if I'm not actually going to accept it
I'm a rather successful senior software engineer with a decent LinkedIn page, and thus I often receive messages from recruiters from other companies.
I like my current company and job, so I'm not ...
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An employer is trying to force me to switch banks, which I know is illegal. What should I do? [closed]
An employer has extended a job offer with the condition that I switch my personal banking from one institution to another. They claim that they do this to simplify their internal payroll procedures. I ...
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Should I raise the topic of travel allowance?
I work from home one day in the week and commute to the office the remaining four days. This commute takes up a total of ~2.5 hours a day (I do not mind the commute). I live in the Netherlands with my ...
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Stock options' exercise price not specified
I was offered stock options at the start-up I work for, but the agreement does not specify the exercise price:
"The exercise price of the Options shall be equal to the fair market value of the ...
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If my employer pays for my certification test and provides access to learning resources, can they force a non-compete?
If I allow my employer to pay for my Linux Academy subscription and I use that to gain the knowledge for not only doing the job I was hired for and to obtain certifications, can they claim rights or ...
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Is it reasonable to negotiate adding “senior” to a job title?
I have an offer for a Ph.D.-level research job from a top company. The compensation package is attractive, but I'm thinking about whether I should negotiate the job title.
From my research, roles ...
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Workplace compensation backtracking when considering salary [closed]
I started working at company X 8 months ago as a software developer, after graduating from university. I was working with no problems and hearing only praise.
The company underwent a new compensation ...
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Misclassified as part-time when working full-time
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Working in the US in Wisconsin.
Started at Company X as part-time (9am - 2pm)
Transitioned to full-time hours (9am - 5pm)
Recently discovered that I was still classified as a part-time ...
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how much in terms of % should I add to contract job comparing with a normal permanent role? [closed]
Contract job have its own risk which I have to quantify in terms of additional % on top of normal compensation. How much should I add in compare with permanent role?
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Asked about compensation history?
I have been going through the hiring process with a company in the banking industry (in the UK).
As part of the process HR are asking for my compensation history - base salary, bonus & other cash ...
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Asked about working overtime in startup interview, no overtime pay or equity?
I'm currently in the interview process to work at a mid-size startup which has been operating for 4 years and with 50-100 employees. One of the questions they asked me in the interview was along the ...
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Overtime compensation; recuperation days or money? [closed]
I'm a developer in Belgium. We had to work during the full week-end but will get either recuperation days or money as a compensation.
What is the most advantageous to take?
Bonus question: I have ...
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Why do directors still get severance packages if they are terminated for not doing their job? [closed]
Why do CEOs or Directors get a large compensation upon termination, while employees who are caught (for example sleeping during work) get nothing?
Was there an unconditional contract that allowed ...
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Light fire under employer's feet for delayed (“promised”) promotion
I'm currently working in Toronto, Canada; as the highest-seniority engineer ("Senior Engineer IV") in Canada for a large US-based engineering firm. I've been working with this company for about 2 ...
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How much bargaining power do I have for an entry-level position?
I've read quite a few posts about how to cleverly negotiate salary and compensation package after securing an offer. However, as an entry-level job seeker (master degree plus 1.5-year experience), how ...
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Compensation for saving large sums of money
I am on the brink of saving my current employer approximately $2 million per year is it appropriate to ask for some type of monetary compensation beyond my salary?
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How do I represent a senior position at a company without discrete job titles?
Every software engineer* at the company that I work at has the job title "Software Engineer". We do have numerical engineering levels, but they are private to the engineer and to managers. Sharing ...
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Reimbursement for damages to personal laptop while using it for work?
Unfortunately my personal MacBook's screen broke at work (fell off the table by accident). Now, I have been at this company (a startup) for 18 months and at the time my boss was keen on me using my ...
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What should I do about pay disparity? [duplicate]
I just started a software job right out of school and have only been here a couple months. I found out another new hire with my same title and similar academic background (statistics for me, cognitive ...
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How to politely refuse a startup's equity? [closed]
Hypothetical situation:
I received an attractive job offer from a startup, which includes a salary of x and equity that the startup values (let's say fairly) at y. y is a non-trivial sum; x+y is a ...
