On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 5:09 PM, cyrano <cyrano.faw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Le 29/12/2012 17:01, Leslie Carr a écrit : > >> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:45 PM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value >>> goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to >>> optimize the messaging from volunteer submissions in advance, then run >>> the whole thing for a fixed time frame, say three weeks, and then use >>> the actual amount raised to decide whether salaries should be >>> competitive with area tech firms, >> >> I've bit my tongue at this a bunch of times but I need to finally put >> my foot down. >> >> Which tech employees are saying that we need our salaries to be at Bay >> Area tech standards. Sure, I'd love a big raise (I'm greedy!). I >> took a pay cut to come work at the Foundation. However, I'm not >> starving, I'm not living in the ghetto with 20 people huddled into a >> single room, and most importantly, I knew what my salary was going to >> be when I joined the foundation. I knew that I wouldn't be getting >> bonuses, stock options, massages, breakfast, lunch, dinner, baristas, >> onsite personal trainers, onsite physical therapists, haircuts, >> dentists, business class everywhere (that might have been the hardest >> thing to give up!), nutritionists, aeron chairs, dry cleaning, >> laundry, and all that. And you know what -- if I did get those >> things, I have a feeling that it wouldn't look too good to our donors, >> and we'd be having the exact opposite discussion. Plus, I can make my >> own coffee. > > So is this document, which states otherwise, obsolete? > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/2a/Wikimedia_Foundation_Compensation_Practices.pdf > > Some quotes: > "annually in July, staff are eligible for a merit increase. " > "The Wikimedia Foundation offers a benefits package for all staff, which > includes medical, > dental, vision and life insurance." > "small services are provided such as coffee and soda. Food is occasionally > also > provided for working lunches or dinners, at the supervisors' discretion. > In-office massage > is provided monthly at a discounted rate." > "once a month a staff lunch is provided. Once a quarter, > a staff outing is staged. Once a year, there is a holiday party. " > "staff are encouraged to work with their supervisors > to plan for their professional development, which might include attending a > professional > conference, taking a course, or working with a coach. All spending on > professional > development is approved in advance by the supervisor." > "the Wikimedia Foundation intends to launch a wellness program , in > which staff will be reimbursed, within a set monthly limit, for expenses > related to personal > health and wellness. These might include for example the costs of > counselling services, > massage, yoga classes, or gym memberships." > "Possibilities may include for example tuition reimbursements > and the creation of a sabbatical program." > >
That's accurate. But there's no dentists onsite, no massage center, no chefs, no barista making my latte, etc, etc > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Leslie Carr Wikimedia Foundation AS 14907, 43821 http://as14907.peeringdb.com/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l