B) there's a few ways for this to be only technically true:
i. salary versus equity compensation can be different yet still higher
ii. 'often' can mean a variety of different things, such as 'occurring more times than I can count on my hands', rather than say 'more than 50 percent of managers'.
a) I am an eng manager at Google
b) i. yes, total comp is very dependent on RSUs which are pegged at when they were awarded. but salary too; imagine a newly hired L6 manager that has a 15 year IC at L6. ii. it’s common enough that no one would be surprised (does that help?)
B) there's a few ways for this to be only technically true: i. salary versus equity compensation can be different yet still higher ii. 'often' can mean a variety of different things, such as 'occurring more times than I can count on my hands', rather than say 'more than 50 percent of managers'.