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> The few tech companies in vancouver don't pay. The tech companies in Vancouver haven't increased pay in step with skyrocketing housing. If you can find data
by badloginagain 11y ago
> The few tech companies in vancouver don't pay.
The tech companies in Vancouver haven't increased pay in step with skyrocketing housing. If you can find data on employee pay in the tech industry (good luck) you'd find it'd be fairly consistent. Compared to housing prices in Vancouver, you'd likely be looking at hockey stick growth. That's the disconnect.
If Hootsuite paid minimum wage, but cost-to-live was free, then it's a really good deal for developers.
Besides, you're ignoring the rest of the local economy. Tech is only a small part, and fixing it for one small sector isn't going to do much on a macro scale.
- sandworm101 11y ago>>> Tech is only a small part, and fixing it for one small sector isn't going to do much on a macro scale. Very convenient. Not attempting to fix a problem until everyone else is onboard is a great way of not doing anything. If tech companies want to retain talent, pay for it. Don't lambaste the city or the economy. There is nothing more hypocritical than a CEO of a profitable company complaining about retention. If you are profitable then you can afford to pay your people more. Complain about the city when you cannot find the people needed to make ends meet, not when they are inconveniently expensive.
- badloginagain 11y agoWow, I don't know what that comment has a greater supply of, ignorance or cynicism. Being paid more =/= fixing housing crisis.
- sandworm101 11y ago>> Being paid more =/= fixing housing crisis. It solve the crisis for the people you pay. It allows them to live rather than move elsewhere. If all employers did the same, then it wouldn't really be a crisis.