Jack Kelly and Rick Chen explore whether pay packages have decreased in the tech industry because of the recent high-profile layoffs at Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce and more. Notably, new, exclusive research from Blind shows that a majority of job-seeking software engineers in the U.S. are now willing to accept the same or lower pay in a new role. We dive into the data, run some numbers and explain how tech professionals can fight back against employers to improve their work life. Finally, Rick outlines the impact of the volatile stock market and economy on professionals' total compensation, and Jack shares some personal finance tips that could help professionals whose pay is now lower because of declining share prices or smaller restricted stock unit grants.

https://blindap.onelink.me/ttCg/mhe5kscq

https://www.teamblind.com/blog/index.php/2023/05/22/2023-engineering-salary-expectations-report/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/05/22/why-white-collar-workers-are-losing-out-in-the-job-market/