Excessive Salary

Posted Nov 10, 2024 18:30 UTC (Sun) by amarao (subscriber, #87073)
In reply to: Excessive Salary by jzb
Parent article: Free-software foundations face fundraising problems

Can they hire someone with a bit more enthusiasm toward open source and less of enterprise CEO greed?

Posted Nov 10, 2024 22:01 UTC (Sun) by malmedal (subscriber, #56172) [Link] (3 responses)

Seems like an entry-level software developer salary in FAANG.

You can check levels.fyi to see what typical salaries are at.

Posted Nov 11, 2024 3:32 UTC (Mon) by amarao (subscriber, #87073) [Link] (2 responses)

Well, if we compare budgets.... 150k for google is drop in the ocean. 150k for non-commercial is 1/5 of their budget.

If we apply the same number to Google, CEO would get a meager €5B a year. It does not. Because google counts money better.

Posted Nov 11, 2024 10:29 UTC (Mon) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link] (1 responses)

> Well, if we compare budgets.... 150k for google is drop in the ocean. 150k for non-commercial is 1/5 of their budget.

By your logic, a director of a $1M/yr nonprofit should be willing to work for well below minimum wage [1]

One can make a reasonable argument about the proportionality of executive compensation, but that isn't it.

[1] I see local fast food restaurants advertising *starting* pay of $15/hr, which works out to about $50K/year if full time.

Posted Nov 11, 2024 10:39 UTC (Mon) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]

> $50K/year if full time.

Whoops, apparently I need new glasses. That should be $30K/year... to flip burgers.

FWIW, I also know someone who was offered well north of $100K/year as fresh-out-of-college starting pay at Microsoft.

Point being, $150K/year for someone with the skills and experience to serve as the GNOME foundation director is downright *cheap*.