[im_down_w_otp]

This is absolutely untrue.

The pay for Senior & Principal level positions at Netflix are $350k-$500k+ base compensation. The same shape of thing at Apple, Facebook, etc. would be about half that in many cases.

Netflix goes out of its way to pay top-of-market and often by a significant margin.

[_m96l]

> The pay for Senior & Principal level positions at Netflix are $350k-$500k+ base compensation. The same shape of thing at Apple, Facebook, etc. would be about half that in many cases.

A Principal Engineer at FB would make "half" of $350-500k in compensation?

Pure nonsense.

Moreover, it seems like Netflix pays more cash and less equity, so some folks on this thread love to talk about "base compensation", "salary", etc.

What really matters is total comp, and from what I know, Netflix is about on par with the rest of FAANG.

I don't know much about them directly, but I do know folks who work for FAANGs very close to Los Gatos, and would certainly be inteested in moving if Netflix paid more "by a significant margin".

[strangerlands]

They definitely pay more at Netflix for equal IC positions and very likely for Director roles. It is very rare to find ICs making 600-700 k total comp at Facebook or Google, not rare at all at Netflix.

[kamaal]

Then it makes perfect sense. Not that hard to endure a little wild wild waste ride for $700K per year.

[strangerlands]

I agree, they sometimes exchange dignity for money.

In fact, it is not-my-wild guess that the probability of stopping a homicide steeply decreases with the amount of money given to look the other way. For some, even their sister's. Go figure for a job in tech.

[woolvalley]

So if they were nicer would they reduce their employee costs then? They justify their culture with I'm guessing handy-wavy justifications of business success?

[strangerlands]

The matter is not being nicer for the sake of it, but more not being a bunch of cultish, indoctrinating, out-of-touch-with-the-world, fake-no-nonsense people. I also tend to judge very negatively people who are "nice" or "not nice" depending on the economic benefit they get from their conduct.

[gms]

Netflix is not on par. They do pay more than the rest can match.

[LaserToy]

They pay all in cash, other give stock.

Almost same outcome.

[im_down_w_otp]

I know about them directly, and also about the other companies directly as well.

:shrug: You need better data.

[alecbenzer]

You're claiming total comp at non-Netflix FAANG for senior-principal is $175k-$250k?

Would love to see any specific numbers you have but that just sounds straight up wrong. IME $200k-$250k is around what L4s at Google make in total comp.

Are you sure this isn't a salary vs. equity thing?

[dunpeal]

There are multiple Netflix employees in this thread, all citing the same $360k total comp figure.

I'm guessing GP is someone who heard base salary data for Netflix vs other FAANGs, and doesn't realize how much of total comp at a non-Netflix FAANG would come from bonus and RSUs.

[trhway]

>The pay for Senior & Principal level positions at Netflix are $350k-$500k+ base compensation.

true according to acquaintances from there. Pure cash.

>The same shape of thing at Apple, Facebook, etc. would be about half that in many cases.

the base at FAANG is about half of NFLX. The RSUs take the total higher than NFLX. Know cases where $100K-$200K higher total comp offer from FAANG (i.e. mostly RSU) wouldn't move the NFLX employee - $500K cash change your view of the world :)

[dunpeal]

> Know cases where $100K-$200K higher total comp offer from FAANG (i.e. mostly RSU) wouldn't move the NFLX employee - $500K cash change your view of the world :)

That's really silly, but demonstrates Netflix's pay strategy. They don't pay better than other FAANGs - the comments in this thread indicate they pay less than the top FAANGs. But then they use the fact that it's "all cash" to appeal to folks who are misguided about RSUs.