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For someone making $400k, a whatever fee they have to offer wouldn't be worth 15 minutes of time. And the idea of uploading such a personal document as W-2 seems laughable. The more believable option is the informal offer letter with numbers: that could be shared, indeed.

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> What is Salary Stream? A digest of verified salaries sent weekly. Users upload Offer Letters, W2s, etc. We extract the relevant numbers and the share the anonymous data back with you.

The whole point is that they verify them. In contrast with, say, Glassdoor. Which is why even a singular data point can be treated as meaningful.

> For someone making $400k, a whatever fee they have to offer wouldn't be worth 15 minutes of time

I mean, sort of. I don't see that as a reason nobody would do it.

> For someone making $400k, a whatever fee they have to offer wouldn't be worth 15 minutes of time.

It's worth it if you can pull up the median, improving the chances of getting a better offer down the road.

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