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☆ A fired Twitter engineer urged remaining employees to 'disobey' Elon Musk, calling it their 'moral duty' to challenge the new billionaire owner
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Twitter employee urged those still left at the company to "disobey" Elon Musk. The fired employee said Twitter workers had a "moral duty" to keep the site's new owner in check. Since Musk took over Twitter a few weeks ago, thousands of workers have reportedly been fired. "Tweeps that are still employed, at this time: If your personal situation allows for it, it is your moral duty to disobey. According to Platformer's Casey Newton, Twitter fired roughly 20 employees overnight who had publicly and privately challenged and pushed back against Musk since he took over the company in late October.

☆ Apple job listings suggest the company is building a metaverse of its own for its long-rumored headset
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple is looking for engineers who can develop a 3D mixed-reality world for its coming headset. Tim Cook and another Apple executives have previously said they avoid using the word "metaverse." The company's development of a virtual and augmented reality headset was reported in early 2021, and trademark filings from August show that Apple may call the headset "Reality One" or "Reality Pro." Apple CEO Tim Cook previously told Dutch media outlet Bright that he avoids using the word "metaverse." Apple is expected to release its first mixed-reality headset in 2023, Bloomberg reported.

☆ 'The Metaverse will be our slow death': Meta employees hit out at Mark Zuckerberg in Blind reviews
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Meta employees are posting negative comments about Mark Zuckerberg on anonymous forum Blind. Some reviews, posted on Wednesday – the day Meta laid off 13% of its workforce – are negative, although others are more positive. They added: "Mark Zuckerberg will single-handedly kill a company with the meta-verse." Meta employees have posted almost 6,000 reviews of the company on Blind since 2020 and it has a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Not all Meta employees share the negative view of Zuckerberg, however.

☆ Twitter and Meta staff are flocking to vent on Blind – here's how the anonymous workplace forum works
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Silicon Valley employees are flocking to the anonymous workplace forum Blind. Here's everything you need to know about the workplace app and how to sign up. Rick Chen, a senior director and head of public relations at Blind, told Insider that people are normally verified using their work email. "People can't self-identify their employer," he added, explaining why using a work email is encouraged. However, this is only the case if an employer monitors company email accounts.

☆ Dave Chappelle on 'SNL': A timeline of the controversy around his transgender jokes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

He made explicit jokes about trans people’s bodies and referred to trans people as “transgenders,” among other comments, Vulture said. These weren’t the first jokes Chappelle had made at trans people’s expense. 2021October 5: Netflix released Chappelle’s special “The Closer.” In it, he goes on an extended tangent about transgender people and makes several jokes at their expense. October 13: Amid calls from LGBTQ advocates, fellow comedians, Netflix employees and social justice organizations to pull the special, Netflix stood by Chappelle. Dave Chappelle attends the UK premiere of "Dave Chappelle: Untitled" at Cineworld Leicester Square on October 17, 2021, in London.

☆ Laid-off Twitter employees claim in a lawsuit that the company 'persuaded' them not to look for new jobs in the run-up to Elon Musk's takeover
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Laid-off employees claim Twitter "persuaded" them not to job hunt in the runup to its acquisition. They said Twitter responded to staff's concerns about layoffs by reassuring them about severance packages. But after being laid off, they weren't given the severance promised, they said in legal filings. After Musk's plans to buy Twitter were first announced in April, "many Twitter employees" asked management about the changes that this would bring to the company, "in particular about mass layoffs," the former workers said. "We encourage employees not to sign the release that Twitter has said it is about to distribute to them."

☆ Fintech darling Brex is requiring potential engineering hires to be located outside of New York and California. Here's why the startup calls that its 'competitive advantage'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Emilia David | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The fintech startup follows companies like Oracle in hiring outside of traditional tech hubs. Instead of limiting its hiring pool to San Francisco, the startup can now tap into qualified candidates anywhere, it said. In a note to employees, Brex CEO Pedro Franceschi said the current economic environment contributed to the decision to lay off workers. Tech workers traditionally concentrated in certain hubs, but research showed remote work helped expand tech talent into many other cities. But besides the cost cutting benefits other companies experience, hiring outside of tech hubs lets go of some traditional talent restraints, Brex said.

☆ Elon Musk is a ‘brutalist decision-maker’: Twitter employees are flooding Blind with bad reviews
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter employees are posting bad reviews about the company and Elon Musk on anonymous forum Blind. Insider trawled through the community app where employees can anonymously write reviews and post about their workplaces, to see what Twitter staff are saying about the company. Twitter laid off thousands of employees on Friday when Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of the platform. Blind requires that users give their work email address, the company they work for and their job title when they sign up. A total of 953 Twitter reviews since 2020 have been posted to the site and the company has an overall star rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars.

☆ A Twitter employee says he was fired 'while sleeping' and woke up locked out of Slack and email: 'There is always a new low.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jaseem Abid says he was was fired "while sleeping" after Twitter slashed jobs under Elon Musk. London-based Abid said he woke up and found he had no access to work email, Slack or his laptop. Jaseem Abid tweeted that he was fired before he received a confirmation email and realized that his laptop had been "remotely wiped." "Woke up to no slack/gmail/office access and laptop remotely wiped out. Twitter staff were told in a memo on Thursday that they would find out by email on Friday morning if they were getting laid off.

To see how much jobs in the creator economy pay, Insider analyzed salary data from 142 work-visa applications filed with the US government and decided on between October 2020 and June 2022. The pay data includes salaries ranging from a data scientist position that offers $170,000 per year at Discord to a staff engineer role that earns $250,000 or more at Patreon. At Cameo, a principal software engineer would make $230,000Steven Galanis, CEO of Cameo. Senior Manager, DevOps : $140,000: $140,000 Statistician: $116,979 to $170,000 (Spotter said it internally calls this position "Data Analyst.") At Teachable, a senior software engineer would make $150,000Teachable is a platform where creators can build and sell online courses and coaching programs.

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☆ IBM salaries revealed: Engineers can earn nearly $200K. See how much analysts, managers, and others at the tech giant make.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

IBM is among the oldest and largest computer companies in the world and has more than 350,000 employees. These offers must be equal to what US employees earn making them a great guide to employee salaries at the company. When Insider analyzed IBM salary data in 2021, the highest offer was to an engineering program director, earning $335,000. A technical team lead, for instance, earned $57,500 in Monroe, LA, and as much as $114,500 in Parsippany, NJ. Insider has also compiled a database of salaries across other big tech companies like Google, Apple, Tesla, Amazon, and more.

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☆ New York Times pays as much as $300,000 in base salary to top talent. Here's pay data on US jobs in editorial, advertising, and more.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Colin Salao | Steven Perlberg | Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Times' news division has also expanded by hundreds in recent years and now employs about 1,700 journalists. The public data show how much the media company offered to pay foreign staffers it sought to hire in the US for jobs including editorial, data, engineering, and business-side positions. Editorial and some business employees at the Times are unionized, setting salary ranges for some positions at the company. Based on the data, the Times offered from late 2019 through the middle of 2022 annual base salaries ranging from $53,392 to $306,000 for various roles. In cases where the company submitted multiple applications for a particular job, such as a software engineer, we included the range of those wage rates.

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☆ Uber salaries revealed: See how much engineers, analysts and hundreds of other employees at the ride sharing company make
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | Tom Dotan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

We analyzed hundreds of H-1B visa applications to get a sense of how much Uber pays employees. The ride-sharing company offered two distinguished engineers nearly $350,000 each as a base salary. As a recession looms, Uber has dramatically slowed down on hiring — even freezing hiring altogether in many departments. But salaries are also a big part of how the company pays its employees. The highest-paid people in the data are two distinguished engineers in California who were each offered $345,000, while the lowest-paid person in the data is a data analyst in Illinois who was offered $56,700.

☆ Sports betting salaries: Pay data reveal how much DraftKings, FanDuel, and other companies offer employees for tech and other jobs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Colin Salao | Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The data are limited to base salaries and US-based jobs for visa-seeking employees. Still, sports betting is as much about sports as it is gambling and tech — growing industries known for high-paying jobs. The data included five US sports betting companies: BetMGM, DraftKings, FanDuel, Penn Interactive, and Rush Street Interactive. It included salaries for jobs such as a data engineer at DraftKings that would make $97,000 per year or more and a sports trading senior manager at FanDuel that would earn $130,000. A FanDuel software engineer based in New York would make $128,440, which is in the range of what TikTok has offered software engineers, the data shows.

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☆ Twitter engineers can make over $300,000 in base salary: See how much analysts, managers, and other employees get paid at the social media company
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Kali Hays | Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Insider analyzed hundreds of salaries paid to workers in the second quarter of this year. Twitter discloses salary data in visa applications with the US Department of Labor. And, should Twitter in the coming weeks become a private entity under Musk, Twitter workers will no longer receive grants of stock associated with public companies. One engineer hired during the second quarter is getting a salary of $332,000 and most others are being paid around $200,000 and above. See below for a complete breakdown of what Twitter agreed to pay employees in the second quarter.

☆ Amazon salaries revealed: See how much engineers, data scientists and thousands of other employees at the e-commerce and cloud giant make
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-03 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

We analyzed thousands of H-1B visa applications to get a sense of how much Amazon pays employees. Amazon surprised employees earlier this year when it announced big raises, more than doubling its base salary cap and boosting salary ranges for many roles. A good deal of the value of those new compensation packages was tied to Amazon stock, which has plunged more than 30% in the past six months. Insider combed data from the office, which authorizes hiring non-US employees, then publicly releases the data. Here's a breakdown of what Amazon pays many other employees.

☆ Disney and Hulu salaries revealed: Pay data show how much the Hollywood giant recently offered for jobs across divisions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Elaine Low | Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Disney+ accounts for 152 million subs, while Hulu has 46.2 million and ESPN+ has 22.8 million. Public work-visa data show Disney offers $93,150 to $242,000 for some jobs at Hulu and other units. Its flagship streaming service Disney+ alone accounts for more than more than 152 million subscribers, gaining on Netflix's 221 million. To see what Disney and Hulu pay for certain jobs, Insider analyzed recent work-visa disclosures. Most of the roles were tech jobs, including data scientist and software engineer roles.

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☆ Fanatics is staffing up as it expands into collectibles, sports betting, and more. Pay data reveals how much the merch giant offers for dozens of tech and data jobs.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Sports-merch giant Fanatics is expanding into collectibles, sports betting, and other areas. Salaries in the data ranged from $57,000 to $233,200 for mainly tech jobs in its retail division. Fanatics is also sleeping giant in the sports-betting industry, with the potential to combine collectibles, NFTs, and gambling into one platform. Still, the data offer insight into certain salary levels across the company, which ranged from $57,138 to $233,200 per year. For example, the data included a pay rate of $125,486 to $130,000 for an experimentation strategist position.

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☆ Cloud salaries revealed: How much $5.25 billion startup Collibra pays engineers, product managers, and other roles, with base pay as high as $230,000.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tech unicorn Collibra pays some senior staff six-figure base salaries as much as $230,000. Here's how much you can earn in engineering, management, IT and other roles. Cloud startup Collibra pays staff generous six-figure salaries with senior roles earning as much as $230,000 in base pay. Cloud remains a growing area of enterprise tech, and cloud engineers can overall earn base salaries of $200,000 and higher. Here's how much Collibra paid staff across engineering, management, IT and other roles.

☆ I went from designing Xbox video games at a Microsoft-backed studio to a software job at Citadel Securities. I was surprised at how many of my skills transferred over.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-24 | by ( Carter Johnson | Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

William Archbell works in engineering at the market maker Citadel Securities. Archbell had previously designed video games for a Microsoft-backed gaming studio. I joined the market maker Citadel Securities as a senior software engineer last September, and moved from Santa Monica, California, to Chicago, Illinois. It's similar to Citadel Securities, where we take market data, we do research, and we run experiments to build tech that meets users' needs. But the difference is that at Citadel Securities, the key performance indicators are profit and loss.

☆ The most common interview questions PayPal asks job candidates, and how to use the 'STAR' method to answer them
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-11 | by ( Phil Mcparlane | Day Week | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Here's a breakdown of the company's interview processBefore we jump into the PayPal interview questions, let's summarize the process, so you know what to expect. To effectively answer these questions, we suggest following the STAR format, which helps interviewees answer questions to best their ability. These are four common interview questions and how you might answer themAs mentioned, you can expect job-specific technical and behavioral interview questions. However, since technical questions vary between roles, we will discuss the common behavioral questions that every candidate can expect. During the PayPal Interview, you should answer using the STAR format for behavioral questions and keep technical responses more matter of fact.

☆ Here's how much money I made at every point in my career at Netflix, IBM, and Grubhub
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-01 | by ( Jenna Gyimesi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Frank Niu is a former software engineer who gives finance, investing, and career advice on TikTok and his podcast. This is his story as-told-to reporter Jenna GyimesiI spent around ten years working in the tech industry as a software engineer at companies like Netflix, Grubhub, and Credit Karma. How much money I made working in tech:IBM, Software Engineer, $74,000 salary, $5,000 signing bonus: I started my career at IBM in 2014, right out of University. Credit Karma, Senior Software Engineer, $138,000 salary, $100,000 stock package: I accepted a job at Credit Karma in 2016. You can get a tech job if you prepare and have the right skillset.

☆ Hulu salaries revealed: How much the streamer and other Disney divisions pay for jobs in tech, marketing, and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-31 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Kelly Campbell exited as president of Hulu last year, and former Disney+ executive Joe Earley was named her successor in January. Insider analyzed work-visa disclosures to see what Hulu and other Disney divisions pay for certain positions. Most of the roles were tech jobs, including data scientist and software engineer roles. Disney Streaming did not comment by press time. For example, Hulu included a pay rate of $153,000 to $183,600 per year for a data engineer position.

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☆ Spotify offers as much as $370,000 in base salary to top talent and is hiring for dozens of roles. Here's pay data on engineering, advertising, and other jobs.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-17 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Spotify grew its global workforce by 18% to 6,617 staffers in 2021.Insider analyzed public US work-visa data to see how much Spotify pays for certain roles. The public data revealed how much Spotify offered to pay foreign staffers it sought to hire in the US for some positions including engineering, data, and marketing roles. Based on the data, Spotify offered annual base salaries ranging from $75,000 to $369,500 for various roles. Advertising and marketing — $95,000 to $280,000 base salarySpotify offered annual base salaries between $95,000 and $279,400 for certain roles in advertising and marketing. A spokesperson did not respond by press time to a request for comment on the latest available data.

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☆ Amazon launched a recruiting tool that offers senior engineers multiple jobs at once. Here's how it can help you land one of 10,000 open roles.
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-16 | by ( Catherine Henderson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Best Fit allows candidates to list their preferences and be matched with at least two offers. Demand for software engineers is especially high at the moment. What makes Best Fit unique, Palacios said, is how it accommodates the variety of roles engineers fill. Best Fit differs from screening AIWhile Amazon's program for senior talent is unique, it's common practice for big companies to use technology and artificial intelligence when screening applicants. According to Palacios, senior software engineers that get past the initial coding exam, interviews, and qualifications will be offered positions.

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