[robotresearcher]

Temp agencies have very low overheads. They aren't even paying for the electricity and toilet paper their placements consume at work, let alone medical insurance.

Glassdoor says $138K base and $184K total comp at Salesforce for a SWE, with Senior SWE 10% higher.

[anonymouskimmer]

From their 10k filing it looks like an average of $255k total expenses (including rent, etcetera) per employee.

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