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Transparency? Gitlab is the company that interviews people and rejects them on basis of salary, they've been doing this for awhile, every few months they call a
by anonymous_green 10y ago
Transparency? Gitlab is the company that interviews people and rejects them on basis of salary, they've been doing this for awhile, every few months they call a group of people, waste their time and then deny based on the salary. In my case, I've confronted them that USD 100-120k is the market average but they had this stupid startup argument that doesn't make any sense to me.
- hobarrera 10y ago> USD 100-120k is the market average In the US maybe, but given that they're a remote company with people all over the world, they don't necessarily have to live by US standard (especially when it comes to spending!). 40k USD is a VERY good developer salary in Argentina, and I'd bet that in other countries a lower figure might make the cut too. I can definitely understand why they'd hesitate to pay thrice that amount. I believe it's over 5 times the average salary.
- anonymous_green 10y agoYes, but if you look at the average here its not really outrageous or "5 times the average salary" as you said, here: https://www.indeed.com/salaries/Gitlab-Salaries https://www.indeed.com/salaries/Gitlab-Salaries And its not just me, they've done this in the past as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10924957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10924957 Also when you work for a remote company, they are cutting cost in terms of office and all which should reflect back in the salaries, the whole idea of working remotely was to mutually benefit both the employeer and employee and not just gitlab using their whole startup argument to cop out when they want on that "truly remote" so-called transparent company.
- hobarrera 10y agoLike I said, they're a remote company, and therefore can hire people in cheaper regions, and don't have to adapt to more expensive markets (like your own). I fail to see how this disproves it, it merely proves that you're not a good choice for them (because you live in a, relatively, expensive region).
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- anonymous_green 10y agoI do not see them hiring talent from cheaper countries. https://about.gitlab.com/team/ https://about.gitlab.com/team/ This is what is wrong with the tech world where people with not much exposure or experience mess up the numbers and remote companies like Gitlab love to take advantage of it.
- anonymous_green 10y agoMost of their staff is from US/UK, but they just do not want to pay fair wages, which is why I posted the other thread where it was highlighted more.
- joelx 10y agoIs it more fair to pay you $120k or more fair to hire three people in a lower cost area? This argument sounds more selfish than fair to me.
- anonymous_green 10y agoIt's unfair to pay low to some and high to the other (as I pointed out earlier most of their employees are in US who are getting paid the average US salary). A company should follow some rules to neutralise the discrimination between employees, it shouldn't be all pick and choose and take advantage where they can, that's not really the reason one should have a remote distributed team to get cheap labor.
- bartvk 10y ago> because you live in a, relatively, expensive region If what OP is saying is true, then the company might as well be upfront about it.
- anonymous_green 10y ago
- dpc_pw 10y agoWhat's wrong with that? Isn't it obvious that salary is an important factor in hiring people?