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Meanwhile they shove all of their software developers into one of the highest cost of living cities in the world and pay them six figure salaries.
by opencl 9y ago
Meanwhile they shove all of their software developers into one of the highest cost of living cities in the world and pay them six figure salaries.
- lr4444lr 9y agoYou would think Amazon would be a pioneer in remote IT work, wouldn't you...
- umanwizard 9y agoMaybe it's changed since I lived there, but I don't really think Seattle is "one of the highest cost of living cities in the world". It is (or was) quite a bit cheaper than NYC or SF, for example.
- bhandziuk 9y agoSeattle might not be the most expensive city to lie in but it is right up there. Same price as LA accoring to this data: https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator/compare/los-angeles-vs-seattle https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator/compare... And depending on how you break this list down (Exclude Bermuda from North American cities,bundle Bellevue/Seattle, Brooklyn NYC) it's in the top 10 https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/region_rankings.jsp?title=2018®ion=021 https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/region_rankings.jsp?ti...
- FireBeyond 9y agoThen again, it's quite a bit higher... "Cost of a gallon of gas in Seattle: $2.40"... try $3.79 this weekend.
- bhandziuk 9y agoI bet those gas prices are fixed to some point in time. Might be too much work to keep up to date gas prices but not instantaneously update other parameters.
- ArchTypical 9y agoCheaper than Irvine, CA as well.
- conanbatt 9y agoIts going to get so , because even though its not as bad property wise as california, it is following the same path of increasing taxes and expenditures by the local government. I could already see a stark homelessness growth in just one year.