Glassdoor.com: How much do Tech Workers really earn?
posted by: Vlad Akilov
Are you interested in becoming employed by one of the big technology companies such as Yahoo, Google, or Microsoft? If so, it is safe to say that you are curious as to how much professionals at these companies earn. While you may find out soon enough if you land an interview, until then you will have to guess. Or will you?
Glassdoor.com is a career based community in which anybody can locate and share information on their salary. Of course, you can share this information anonymously so your boss does not find out. In addition to salary information, Glassdoor.com also features reviews on company benefits, work environment, management, and much more.
For example, if you are interested in comparing the salaries of software engineers at Google and Yahoo, you can easily do so. By the way, you will find that Google engineers earn an average of approximately $112,000 whereas those in the same position at Yahoo take home just about $106,000/year.
Generally speaking, this information is very helpful to job seekers who are hoping to land a career with a well paying technology firm. That being said, there are others who can also benefit from Glassdoor.com. They include both employers and recruiters. A small, up and coming firm may be interested in learning what the big boys pay software engineers. This way, they can become as competitive as possible and hopefully lure some high quality workers to their company.
Glassdoor.com was founded in 2007, and launched in June of 2008. Although the company has only been around for a few months, they are already making progress. With the help of $3 million from Benchmark Capital, Glassdoor.com should have the money they need to continue to move in the right direction.
To get started, all you have to do is head to Glassdoor.com. Information is free, and there are already hundreds of reviews and salary related details.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I know this post is 9 days later than I promised, but I think its better late than never. Hope readers enjoy, I think this is a great website to just get an understanding or a little insider info on just how much these top companies are shelling out for there employees.
June 26th, 2008 at 3:52 am
Hi Vlad, I visit your blog several times and didn’t find anything…Nice to find something new here. You are right, better late than never
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June 30th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
$112,000 / month for Google engineers, wow, it’s a big big money.
July 7th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Ohh man this is great, I will spend all day tomorrow at work looking up salaries… then I will get mad!! Thanks, and keep them coming!
July 31st, 2008 at 12:06 am
I was thinking of going to school next month & enrolling into an Information Technology program. Just curious how much do IT workers earn yearly?
Thanks
August 9th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
IT workers… well pay is good assuming you have good experience. However it’s hard to get good experience… well virtually impossible if someone can’t get you in. So money is there but it’s hard to reach for it. And as exciting as IT sounds, it’s not quite as fun when you are stuck there resetting passwords for users for 10 years straight, or replacing mice. Good Luck!
August 11th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
So basically if I don’t know of anyone that works in the IT world then Im screwed as far as getting hired in somewhere? And is that really all IT people do is reset passwords & replace mice lol.
Thanks For Responding
August 12th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Well no
IT people do all kinds of things, however most likely one would have to start somewhere, and that’s the most common path… Technician -> Other areas. Replacing mice and resetting passwords is not too bad of a start either… majority of starting out people man the phones.
I’m not trying to be negative at all. If that’s really what your calling is, then you definitely should do it. What the problem is that the field was hot with .com bubble, Y2K and so forts… so a lot of people jumped on that ship… now when IT market tightened up a lot of people with no to low experience just cant get placed anywhere.
If you need more info, or would like to bounce some idea hit me up, my contact is on my page.
Take care, and Good Luck!
August 12th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
I am currently working in tech, would that give me any type of advantage or am I SOL? Was thinking of going to ITT tech, is that a good choice?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Sure it helps you out. Number 1 thing is to network, so go out and meet people especially on your targeted career path. But don’t brush off everyone else, you never know who can help. Best think you can do is imagine a job you really like to have and venture out to indeed.com and see what are the job requirements for the job you would like. Follow that and with a little luck you will be there in no time!\\
best of luck!