New here.. Like why? Why do posts that are not talking about comp need to have TC in them? Like does my question carry more weight if I put TC or not? Does it make me more interesting? I don’t understand the obsession… 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Because there is no free lunch.
And knowing my TC without context is the right barter?
Everyone has to pay the tax. It’s just how Blind works
Not sure if that is how blind works.. blind didn’t require me to add TC. Someone made a rule and everyone just keeps following?
You’re basically asking why the most toxic workplace app on planet Earth is toxic, and I hate to tell you but at a certain point you just have to play by the rules of the community if you want to get anything out of it
Blind is fast changing and becoming more toxic and less useful, also probably because of people like you too. Think of blind as a platform that democratized tc, corporate bs and enlighten many people who were being treated shit at work. It’s equivalent of what Robinhood did to stocks, bringing it to the mass. So proving tc details and helping others achieve growth is mission of this place. Yes you can lie and many may do it, but then what’s the point of being anonymous and lieing will make this platform lose its credibility and one day you will not have a good forum to ask tough questions. So the etiquette is to be truthful and provide tc !
Ah thank you! Took 10 comments to finally get a helpful response!
I’ve read ten of your comments and still haven’t seen a TC. TC 160 + paper
Pissing contest
Dick size or TC pick one or GTFO
It's an attempt to move towards increased transparency about compensation in the industry so that workers can have more leverage in salary negotiations with their employers. I personally had no idea how underpaid I was until I found this site and levels.Fyi
This is an incredible point. Blind has really opened my eyes to how underpaid a lot of people are, especially for some of the skills they use. I’ve also gotten a lot of great advice (and flamed) from some of the veterans here, which has helped me to improve my skills and gear up for the next career push.
Helpful, thank you
As someone who recently started lurking/posting on Blind, I believe the main reason why people ask about TC is usually to help weed out low-effort posts and trolls, but also shows that you’re serious about asking for help and simply aren’t using Blind to humblebrag (even though it happens a lot more than you think these days). As someone with a TC that has been shamed for it for before (62K-65K), you shouldn’t feel bad about posting your TC even if it’s lower than a lot of the folks here. Consider that Blind is likely to be skewed towards high performers and FAANG employees, so the salaries you see are likely to be way beyond what the average person makes. This is especially true since most Blinders work as SWEs, SDEs or other highly sought after tech positions and had the pleasure of experience a great bull market at the turn of the pandemic. I’m a low level marketer, so take my words with a grain of salt, but hopefully some of the veterans can chime in. TC 62K, 3 YOE
Like see this moron.. doesn’t know me, doesn’t know if I will tell the truth but is so desperate to know my TC, goes out of the way to post a instigating post(maybe to get likes??!)
Your the moron Amazon. We do it so people here know market rates. So we know if we are getting fucked by our corporate daddy.