Friday, July 27, 2018

Google and Facebook's Security Guards Are Fighting to Earn a Living Wage

Let this sentence sink in for a bit..."they try to only eat while at work, where the food is free, because they can’t afford groceries."

The median salary at Facebook is reportedly north of $240,000 a year; Alphabet, Google’s parent company, pays a median salary of just over $197,000. Security officers working in Silicon Valley can currently earn between $13 and $18 per hour—the equivalent of between $27,000 and $37,000 a year. Rent isn’t the only difficult expense—several officers told Gizmodo they try to only eat while at work, where the food is free, because they can’t afford groceries.