• wintermute@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    It’s not only salaries:

    about half of Signal’s overall operating budget goes towards recruiting, compensating, and retaining the people who build and care for Signal. When benefits, HR services, taxes, recruiting, and salaries are included, this translates to around $19 million dollars per year.

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      1 year ago

      Still, the cost equals almost 400 000 dollars per employee. That is a LOT of money. Even half that (twice the employees or half the cost) would still be a lot.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, I agree it’s a lot.

        I think that with “recruiting” and “HR services” they mean outsourced services, so maybe not all of it goes directly to the employees.

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        1 year ago

        That is not that much in this industry.

        I’ve got roughly 25 years in the software development industry and depending on what talent market you’re working in, that 400k may not even be enough for one engineer or architects salary.