Do I get paid enough?
Been with a company for almost 2 years went from a Product Designer I to II
I started at 75k base salary and now im at 78k after a year. I’m based in San Diego,CA. Mid market SaaS startup
I’ve been taking on a large workload compared to other seniors and principles on my team for a lot larger of initiatives.

I feel like I’m mentoring a lot of seniors and principle designers. I get ally of kudos for being “top talent” “kickass” etc…
I just feel underpaid and it sucks

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Defo underpaid. You could get at least $100,000.

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Def underpaid based on salary. But how’s your equity options look? Does the startup itself have good exit potential?

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Currently pre IPO. We get bonuses every 2 quarters brining my total comp to 82,500 Yearly. Healthy growth, lots of other companies we’ve acquired to grow our team but also some issues in retaining employees due to salary!

I agree that you’re underpaid, especially if you’re mentoring your more senior colleagues. Not sure what your total experience is, but I just took a new job $160k as a senior designer in Denver for a startup (7 yrs experience)

I was making $130k at my last job at a SaaS company and a designer on my team with 2 years experience was making $90k. She’s looking for other jobs now in CO job listings have to share salary range and most of them are offering $100-$120k for early to mid. Some as high as $145k (iterable I think)

Highly recommend you look around if you are ready for a change!

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