Folks, what are some good websites to compare sala...
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quick-judge-84214
11/15/2022, 10:40 AMFolks, what are some good websites to compare salaries for a role across companies, location etc.? Free or paid, both would work. I know about glassdoor, payscale, leyels.fyi and ambitionbox, so please suggest anything apart from these if you know. Thanks š
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cuddly-teacher-92140
11/15/2022, 10:44 AMThe discrepancy is very high across all these sites. Only Glassdoor comes close to the actual numbers +-20%.
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mysterious-ability-21557
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quick-judge-84214
11/15/2022, 10:58 AMThanks @mysterious-ability-21557, its good but it doesn't have the option to compare against companies.
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chilly-rocket-77832
11/15/2022, 1:41 PMcompare salaries for a role across companiesThis is a fool's errand. Role names across companies are mostly meaningless. For the same role name, the responsibilities (and work-culture) vary significantly even between 2 teams in the same company.
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quick-judge-84214
11/15/2022, 1:56 PMThis is a fool's errand. Role names across companies are mostly meaningless.Appreciate your inputs, but I am not looking for "exact" salaries, but a mere guess what the ballpark might be.
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chilly-rocket-77832
11/15/2022, 2:23 PMTo clarify further,
i have seen that
ā¢ a Senior Software Engineer at a certain MNC X.
ā¢ and has the same responsibilities as a CTO at another startup Y.
ā¢ and both these roles are significantly laid-back compared to responsibilities/expectations from a Senior Software Engineer at MNC Z.
So trying to compare salaries/compensations of X and Z will not give you the correct insight.
Rather comparing X and Y is apt (based on responsibilities, not roles).
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If you are looking for accurate compensation for a specific role, at a specific company and location,
in my experience levels.fyi has been accurate (if it has that company/role/location).
chilly-rocket-77832
11/15/2022, 2:44 PM(at the risk of being completely off-topic, here's something more)
If one is job-hunting,
one thing to remember is
NOT to label oneself based on one's past/current roles.
Identify your skills (technical/non-technical)
and the responsibilities you are comfortable handling (or are seeking)
and looks for job descriptions that match them.
I know a couple of "hardware engineers" who are better at coding than most software engineers.
Essentially they develop in-house verification tools and GUIs for the rest of the HW-developers in their team.
These so-called "hardware engineers" get to work of lot of exciting problems owning entire tool-suites,
unlike some other "software engineers" who might spend 2-weeks deciding the right color and size of a rounded OK button.
Plus they are also very respected in their team/org
as they are one of 2-3 in the entire team
who knows how to do what they do.
So, yes they are advantages of not limiting oneself to some standard role/designation.
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quick-judge-84214
11/15/2022, 4:18 PMYes @chilly-rocket-77832, I understand your point. However, I didn't provide the full context regarding why I need this kind of data (and I cant since this activity is for one our projects). We tried procuring the salary data from a few vendors, but it is either too expensive or not useful. Hence I thought maybe there is something else that someone from the community might know off and is useful for my usecase.
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chilly-rocket-77832
11/15/2022, 4:23 PMAh i see.
Sounds like a very useful project/product you are working on. ššš¼
Will definitely help to have a single place to check, instead of 4-5 different sites.
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