> A spokesperson for the paper also said that while the union has argued that the strike is a fight for fair wages, the average total compensation of someone in the Tech Guild unit, including salary, bonuses and restricted stock options, is $190,000 — $40,000 more on average than journalists in the Times Guild
IMO engineers there do have room to negotiate in that a lot of them, particularly those that are senior + staff level, could probably find higher paying positions in NYC.
wallander1983 on
Oh no…anyway.
Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le on
Back in the wage cage techies
klayona on
Overpaid tech workers are the problem, chatgpt o1 is the solution.
Hurt_cow on
Send in the Pinkertons.
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*New York Times’ tech staff threatens strike during Election Day crunch…* and here’s why that’s bad news for Democrats.
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> A spokesperson for the paper also said that while the union has argued that the strike is a fight for fair wages, the average total compensation of someone in the Tech Guild unit, including salary, bonuses and restricted stock options, is $190,000 — $40,000 more on average than journalists in the Times Guild
while this is true, the total compensation that tech employees get at the times is about 50% of what they’d get at standard bay area-esque tech companies [per levels.fyi](https://www.levels.fyi/companies/the-new-york-times-company/salaries/software-engineer?country=254), which i only note because the NYT’s interview process is modeled after those companies (8+ rounds, leetcoding, etc.)
IMO engineers there do have room to negotiate in that a lot of them, particularly those that are senior + staff level, could probably find higher paying positions in NYC.
Oh no…anyway.
Back in the wage cage techies
Overpaid tech workers are the problem, chatgpt o1 is the solution.
Send in the Pinkertons.
*New York Times’ tech staff threatens strike during Election Day crunch…* and here’s why that’s bad news for Democrats.