[compthrowaway]

In a world where (A) compensation is typically mostly in the form of liquid equity grants and (B) compensation amounts change rapidly year-on-year, Glassdoor's system vastly understates compensation in the field.

[woeirua]

But you have to recognize that this system is very atypical outside of FAANGs. Most large companies have very modest stock incentive programs.

[MiroF]

> FAANGs

Do we just use FAANGs to mean every West coast software company? Because otherwise it is very typical of non-FAANGs as well.