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Vote for Geekiest Office Space: The coolest tech office spaces in the Seattle area

Rooftop decks. Mindfulness zones. Sports bars. This year’s finalists for the Geekiest Office Space in the GeekWire Awards have it… Read More

U.S. nominal wage growth climbs for 7th-straight quarter; San Francisco area sees biggest spike

U.S. compensation rose for the seventh-straight quarter as nominal wages grew by another 2.1 percent in Q1 2017. That’s one finding from PayScale’s… Read More

Working Geek: PayScale’s data guru Katie Bardaro shares tips for managing work and life

For the past eight years, Katie Bardaro has been working her way up PayScale’s ladder. Today, she’s vice president of… Read More

Tech Moves: PayScale promotes VPs; ex-Trulia CEO emerges at startup accelerator; and more

PayScale, a fast-growing, Seattle-based company that offers online salary comparison services, announced the promotions of two new vice presidents this… Read More

Taking a stance on gender inequity can help companies retain employees, study finds

In the tech industry, hiring and retaining top talent is essential to thrive. Companies are offering more and more extravagant perks to… Read More

Geekoween 2016: Seattle startups get in the spooky spirit with some truly impressive costumes

NASA already won Geekoween with the most impressive display of pumpkin carvery we’ve ever seen but this year’s runner-up is definitely… Read More

Tech Moves: Convoy investor Grant Ries joins startup as chief business officer; HomeAway names John Kim president; and more

Grant Ries, who was an investor during both the angel and Series A funding rounds at Convoy, was so impressed by… Read More

PayScale makes first acquisition in history, buys compensation expert MarketPay

Seattle-based PayScale is pushing deeper into compensation analytics with the purchase of MarketPay, a 16-year-old Colorado-based company that helps companies… Read More

It pays to work in STEM: Seattle had the highest annual wage growth in the country

Seattle’s thriving tech industry is driving a population boom, attracting large numbers of transplants to its fast-growing job market. A… Read More

‘Gender inequity? Not at my company’: Tech workers deluding themselves on pay gap, new study finds

Exceptionalism — the idea that as an individual or society we’re separate (and better) than our peers — is a… Read More

SpaceX, Tesla and the Space Needle

PayScale ratings rank SpaceX and Tesla low on salary, but high on meaningfulness

What do the employees at two of billionaire brainiac Elon Musk’s companies, SpaceX and Tesla Motors, think about their job… Read More

Study: Top companies give more bonuses and performance-based raises

PayScale, the Seattle-based company that manages an online database of salary and compensation information, released its annual report on top companies’ attitudes… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Rover seeking a dog-loving Senior Django Software Engineer

Rover is a rapidly growing and well-financed Seattle-based startup connecting dog owners with quality dog sitters in their area. The… Read More

Paid less, promoted less: Welcome to PayScale’s new report on the gender pay gap and women in work

How would you like to work for free from today until the end of the year? Sure, Equal Pay Day… Read More

Money doesn’t buy meaning: Report on meaningful jobs finds gigs that serve people rank high, pickers not so much

Does “picking” make the world a worse place? According to a worker survey by compensation database PayScale, people who work as… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Zillow seeks out-of-practice coders for ‘Returnship’ program

In December Zillow launched a new “Returnship” program, a three-month training gig that allows developers to refresh their coding knowledge… Read More

Tech Moves: Sprint shakes up management; Nintex hires Russ Mann; McAfee VP joins IID; and more

— Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is now making his mark on the leadership team after cutting 2,000 jobs just weeks ago. As part… Read More

Salary report generator PayScale getting up to $100M in deal led by Warburg Pincus

PayScale, a 14-year-old Seattle Internet company that specializes in compiling compensation data, is receiving an investment of as much as… Read More

Seattle ranks second for salary growth in Q1, national IT wages up slightly at 1.1%

National wages were up 0.5 percent year-over-year during Q1 of 2014 and Seattle saw the second-highest wage growth of any… Read More

Seattle ranks third for salary growth in Q4, national tech wages up 1.2%

Wages in Seattle were up 1.2 percent from the fourth quarter of last year, placing it in a tie for… Read More

Amazon, Google employees ranked as ‘least loyal’

These days, it’s not as common for employees to stay with one company for their entire careers, with people working… Read More

Wages increase in Q2 after slight dip, but tech salaries cool off

U.S. salaries are back on the uprise after a slight dip last quarter, according to Seattle-based salary data company PayScale, which found that… Read More

Salaries decrease in Q1, but small companies still thriving

It looks like we’ve slowed down a bit in our economic recession revival. After three consecutive quarters of substantial wage… Read More

Salaries rebound as Seattle leads U.S. in wage growth

Is it finally time to wave goodbye to the bitter recession? That’s the word from a new report out from… Read More

March Madness: Harvard, Duke, Virginia and Georgetown in the Final 4

It’s March Madness time, which means college hoops fans everywhere are filling out brackets in anticipation of one of the… Read More

Map: The hottest spots in the U.S. for startup tech jobs

Startup companies all over the country are fighting hard to attract and retain top technology talent — a tough chore… Read More

High-tech jobs drive wage increases in Seattle, San Fran

The Seattle area led the nation in wage increases during the third quarter, buoyed by the region’s strong high-tech industry,… Read More

The 14 hottest startups in Seattle (at least in the view of Business Insider)

We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But… Read More

PayScale lands $7 million for online salary service

PayScale, the Seattle online salary comparison site, has scored an additional $7 million in venture capital financing in a deal led… Read More

Princeton, UCLA, Duke and Georgetown in the Final Four?

I spent a portion of my Sunday evening analyzing the NCAA Men’s basketball pool. It was a tough task trying… Read More

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