Right - most people just want to feed their kids first and worry about other things later.
I think the idea that most Mozilla employees were working there for morals rather than being able to buy their children shoes is doubtful.
I think the idea that most Mozilla employees were working there for morals rather than being able to buy their children shoes is doubtful.
That said, is always a mix, and a balancing act. And a matter of finding something fun to work on :)
Second, instead of stock you'll get a higher potential bonus. The bonus percentage increases based on your level.
Third, benefits are generous. Being able to work remotely was a particularly unique and valuable one for a long time.
Fourth, the class and scale of the problems Mozilla is solving are interesting and challenging, which is a motivation for some employees.
Fifth, the mission and the commitment to open source are a motivation to many employees as well.
(These are just my personal observations as a current employee)
Most of the people I know in tech work for governments, non-profits, small business, private companies, etc. that don't offer stock-based compensation. They just make much less in total comp than BigTech stock-heavy jobs.
As someone working at a private finance company - annual bonuses at a rate similar to big tech stock grants work just fine.
I don’t have kids so I don’t know what that part is like, though.
That’s like saying that working at Apple and being on the macOS team you will be part of the core of PC operating systems.
But it seems that you just wanna piss on Firefox for market share reasons.