Fellowage
Web and SaaS
salary transparency platform
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
6 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 41 critical, out of 58 comments about the project. Thread score -0.59.
Idea: 4 for, 15 againstExecution: 0 for, 14 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 7 againstDesign: 1 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Interest in salary transparency as an idea
From 2 comments
I quite like that idea!
waterlink on HNhttp://levels.fyi
eloisius on HN
Objections
Self-reported salaries can be false and cannot be verified
From 2 comments
Four obvious questions: 1. How is this different to Glassdoor? 2. How do you get enough data points to be useful? 3. How do you account for selection bias? 4., (and here's the…
cletus on HNUnfortunately, as there is no way to vet submitted information on these kinds of platforms, their use is pretty limited. Some employer can just go about submitting false salary…
Eikon on HN
Selection bias; high-level people rarely share
From 1 comment
Four obvious questions: 1. How is this different to Glassdoor? 2. How do you get enough data points to be useful? 3. How do you account for selection bias? 4., (and here's the…
cletus on HN
Login via LinkedIn is a privacy concern
From 1 comment
"Privacy-focused", but you need to log in with your Linkedin credentials -- what could go wrong? Thanks, but no thanks.
loph on HN
Adblock blocks the cookie banner so login fails
From 1 comment
Doesn't work with Adblock enabled. Adblock by default block shitty cookie popups and without clicking accept i can't log in (and there is no info about mandatory cookie accepting…
ojagodzinski on HN
Requests
Browse companies by location
From 1 comment
The user account does not exist yet for pending registrations. It gets created only when registration is accepted. Also, if rejected registration is not updated with correct info…
waterlink on HN
Show base salary versus bonus and stock separately
From 1 comment
Four obvious questions: 1. How is this different to Glassdoor? 2. How do you get enough data points to be useful? 3. How do you account for selection bias? 4., (and here's the…
cletus on HN
Questions
How is this different from Glassdoor
From 2 comments
Four obvious questions: 1. How is this different to Glassdoor? 2. How do you get enough data points to be useful? 3. How do you account for selection bias? 4., (and here's the…
cletus on HNAs far as I know, Glassdoor shows only averages and statistical distributions and doesn’t show separate salary entries. It doesn’t satisfy the questions and fears that I have set…
waterlink on HN
How is data validated against falsehoods
From 2 comments
Four obvious questions: 1. How is this different to Glassdoor? 2. How do you get enough data points to be useful? 3. How do you account for selection bias? 4., (and here's the…
cletus on HNWhat do you think would be an alternative tool to verify that people enter real job titles, company names and location?
waterlink on HN
Alternatives named
Glassdoor
From 1 comment
Four obvious questions: 1. How is this different to Glassdoor? 2. How do you get enough data points to be useful? 3. How do you account for selection bias? 4., (and here's the…
cletus on HN
Levels.fyi
From 1 comment
http://levels.fyi
eloisius on HN