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September 8, 2023 • 5 min read

with Dan DeFrancesco

Happy Friday! We’ve got a new dinosaur, and you know it’s a good one when even the paleontologists involved are calling it “bizarre.” 

In today’s big story, we’re taking a deeper look at the leaked Google salary data by looking at pay ranges across various factors. 

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The big story

Inside the numbers at Google

It’s no secret you can make a lot of money working at Google. But exactly how much?

Insider’s Rosalie Chan, Hugh Langley, and Madison Hoff have done a tremendous job answering that question. Earlier this summer, the trio authored perhaps the most comprehensive look into Google’s pay thanks to an internal salary spreadsheet they viewed.

The sheet detailed 2022 base salaries, equity, and bonuses from over 12,000 Google employees in the US.

Rosalie, Hugh, and Madison dove back into the numbers to analyze pay ranges across levels, locations, races, and gender. 

It’s worth noting that this data represents only a fraction of Google’s workforce in the US. The salary data, which was voluntarily self-reported by employees, also isn’t an official Google report.

“This spreadsheet has old, self-reported data that has not been verified and is not an accurate representation of compensation across our workforce,” a Google spokesperson said. 

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I chatted with Rosalie, Hugh, and Madison to take a deeper look at the numbers and highlight some interesting takeaways.

3 things in

Markets

🔔 Before the opening bell: US stock futures fall early Friday as traders continue to weigh the risk of rate hikes

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1. Here’s how top hedge funds did in August. The dog days of summer were mostly positive performance-wise for large, multi-strategy funds like Citadel, Millennium, and D.E. Shaw. We’ve got the complete rundown on their August, and year-to-date, returns.

2. Two charts to make sense of the current market. The ratio between the S&P 500’s earnings yield and interest rates indicates how overvalued the stock market is, according to Ned Davis Research. Meanwhile, an analysis by Wall Street Zen on the number of mentions of “AI” and related terms during earnings calls shows how the tech has taken over. And for good reason: Companies that mentioned AI saw shares rise 4.6% on average.  

3. More bad news for SBF. Ryan Salame pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to the downfall of FTX. Salame is the fourth former top exec for the crypto exchange to do so. Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s cofounder and former CEO, is scheduled to go to trial on fraud and conspiracy charges next month.

3 things in

Tech

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1. Apple lost $191 billion in market capitalization over two days. Its stock also fell 5.1%, thanks to China reportedly banning government officials from using iPhones for work. Plus, on the same day (Wednesday), the European Commission named Apple as one of six gatekeepers to online services.

2. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks Silicon Valley has lost its innovative culture. “I hate to say this, because it sounds so arrogant, before OpenAI, what was the last really great scientific breakthrough that came out of a Silicon Valley company?” the ChatGPT creator asked.

3. Investor Ford Smith wants to invest in psychedelic startups. He revealed that’s because psychedelics and biohacking helped pull him out of deep depression. Psychedelics are expected to be an $11.29 billion industry by the end of the decade.

3 things in

Business

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1. More companies are failing as inflation weighs on businesses. August was the 13th month in a row to register an increase in commercial and personal bankruptcies year-over-year.

2. The common mistakes that managers make that could cost you a promotion. Melissa Phillippi is a VP of organizational development. And she revealed five common mistakes she witnesses, including when managers bring up employee missteps that have already been resolved.

3. This top Goldman Sachs banker left to help fund women changing healthcare. Sasha Kelemen runs an investment banking team unlike any other on Wall Street. Her team at Leerink Partners lands deals in women’s health — a historically underfunded space.

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