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Atlassian founder says no-one wants to move to Australia as its too expensive
- abrak 11y agoCan't they compensate by providing a better salary package?
- fileoffset 11y agoThey could but then they would have to pay more than current 'market' rate for senior engineers in Australia. This makes importing talent much less attractive, as they may as well just hire local (so long as the talent exists in the local talent pool - which it does).
- cyphar 11y agoBut if you factor in the fact that we have the best beaches in the world, the cost of living becomes more reasonable. :P
- earleybird 11y agoWith a USD$1.63bn net worth, Mr Mike Cannon-Brookes could afford to pay ten(10) Software Engineers 34% over the top market rate [0] at USD$100k/yr for 10 years and it would reduce his net worth to USD$1.62bn. Is this how the wealthy pan handle? [0] http://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Job=Software_Engineer/Salary/1bf78243/Sydney http://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Job=Software_Engineer/Sa...
- fileoffset 11y agoIt's not that no-one wants to move to Australia, it's just they don't want to move to Sydney...
- danieltillett 11y agoActually the do want to Sydney - they just can't afford the rent on the salaries offered.