Help Wanted Project - Free Compensation Reviews

Compensation is complicated. We can help.

We're currently taking a break from providing compensation reviews for employees at VC-backed companies to focus on other projects. But, you'll find many resources on this page.

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Thank you so much! I so admire the effort you're leading and the company you're building. I've sent your medium post to many people and read it many times myself.

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Wow! Thank you so much. This is incredibly helpful. It feels really good to know where I stack up and what to ask for next.

VP at Series A Company

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Got double the equity, signed the offer, and am excited to work with this team. Thank you, thank you for guiding me through this process.

Manager at Series B Company

We'll make sure your comp is fair

Post & Presentations

Our thoughts on comp

We believe that compensation needs an overhaul. We write about how you can get paid fairly and pay people fairly.

Presentation: How to get compensated fairly

This presentation helps employees at venture-backed startups understand how compensation works, how to benchmark, and how to value your equity. A version of this deck was shared at Lesbians Who Tech conference and Kapor Capital Equal Pay Workshop.

Everything startup employees need to know about compensation

To make an informed decision about a job opportunity and get compensated fairly, make sure you ask these questions.

Launching Help Wanted Comp Reviews

As we continue the Help Wanted Project, we believe the most important thing we can provide is compensation review and offer negotiation help.

Resources

Comp benchmarking resources

Here are some of the best resources we've found for benchmarking your compensation.

81 cents: Resources for closing the pay gap

81 cents provides information to navigate tough career conversations and get paid fairly. Join us as we aim to close pay gaps for women and underrepresented minorities, including compensation review reports.

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Levels.fyi: Levels & comp at large companies

Levels.fyi provides user-submitted salary information for primarily large tech companies by role level.

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Holloway Guide: Equity for engineers & senior employees

Halloway guide provide equity range for various levels and roles at startups, primarily engingeering focused.

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Buffer: Transparent salary data for their employees

Buffer, a late-stage startup, shares salary data for all employees. We find these salaries a bit lower than average late-stage, vc-backed startups (potentially because they are remote and adjust by location and most of our data is based on tech hub cities).

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Otis Wealth: Transparent comp bands & levels for their company

This early-stage company shares it's comp publicly and we find it to be in line with other comp benchmarks.

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Our Story

We're making comp fair, one review at a time

Deva Hazarika and Emily Kramer launched Help Wanted Project spring of 2020 during COVID-19 to help people navigate the job search process for free. We later launched free compensation reviews to help people understand offers and make the right choice for their career. In August 2021 we took a hiatus and now just share resources—we'll be back when we gives talks and event to help participants.

Compensation is broken. It's confusing. It's often unfair. We want to do our part to fix this.

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