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I was interested in a product job in Barcelona, then I saw that it pays almost 70% less than I'm making now...
by olegious 10y ago
I was interested in a product job in Barcelona, then I saw that it pays almost 70% less than I'm making now...
- droopyEyelids 10y agoWhy do you say "70% less"? Sorry to pick on you, but I see this usage everywhere and I'm curious. Doesn't "Pays 30% of what I make" convey what you mean much more effectively?
- hueving 10y agoApparently not or the poster would have used that convention.
- dguaraglia 10y agoI think it might have to do with the poster's mother tongue. As a Spanish-speaker I'd tend to say "pagarían 20% menos" (which roughly translates to "they'd pay 20% less". Some idioms are very difficult to get rid off. I sometimes can distinguish Brazilians from Argentines just by the way they write in English.
- hueving 10y agoI grew up in the US and am a native English speaker raised by native English speakers and I sometimes use the same idiom. I suspect the GP is complaining because English is not a strong language for him/her.
- nottoday88 10y agoWhat's the meaning of GP? Gilip?
- sbmassey 10y agoGrandparent post
- olegious 10y agoInteresting, you're the first one to ever point this out to me. "Pays X of what I make" doesn't seem to flow off my tongue as well in either English or Russian (my native tongue). Also, in the context of my comment, seeing that a salary is 70% less rather than 30% of a salary, seems to better emphasize the vast difference.
- dingo_bat 10y agoI agree with you on this. "30% of my current salary" is much clearer for me than "70% less". I always see a floating "0.3x" when reading this stuff, and it happens way faster if it is just given in that form.