No. 1: Netflix was willing to give employees it lured away from other tech companies a median raise of 167%. They were earning $130,814 on average when Netflix sought to hire them, and the company agreed to pay them $329,174.
Source: Paysa
Obviously, such increases in salary imply big promotions as well as more cash and less stock. Senior software engineers at Netflix average $210,244 in base salary compared to $166,403 at Facebook. But with stock and other benefits, Facebook actually pays slightly more in total compensation.
Source: Glassdoor
No. 2: Wikia, the Fandom site that hosts fan websites, pays a 72% premium on average to poach. Employees were earning on average $121,061 at their previous job and increased to $204,077.
Source: Paysa
No. 3: Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lending site, pays on average a 48% premium to poach. Employees were earning on average $128,457 at their previous job and increased to $183,469.
Source: Paysa
No. 4: Microsoft, pays on average a 48% premium to poach. Employees were earning on average $119,983 at their previous job and increased to $165,348.
Source: Paysa
No. 5: Groupon pays on average a 38% premium to poach. Employees were earning on average $137,390 at their previous job and increased to $175,233.
Source: Paysa
No. 6: Akamai Technologies pays on average a 37% premium to poach. Employees were earning on average $126,516 at their previous job and increased to $163,893.
Source: Paysa
No. 7: Palantir pays on average a 37% premium to poach. Employees were earning on average $128,040 at their previous job and increased to $169,251.
Source: Paysa
No. 8: Salesforce, pays on average a 37% premium to poach. Employees were earning on average $131,758 at their previous job and increased to $172,891.
Source: Paysa
No. 9: Twitter pays on average a 37% premium to poach. Employees were earning on average $140,750 at their previous job and increased to $174,996.
Source: Paysa
No. 10: Docusign pays on average a 35% premium to poach. Employees were earning on average $138,538 at their previous job and increased to $173,629.
Source: Paysa
Meanwhile, Paysa also found that Microsoft was the tech industry's favorite poaching ground, with companies — especially Amazon — hiring its folks away by the hundreds. Microsoft is, in turn, having pretty good luck hiring people away from Amazon, too.
Source: Paysa
