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I've worked for two separate companies as a remote worker, and with neither did I have to take a discount. Most companies want to pay you for the value you brin
by joeax 8y ago
I've worked for two separate companies as a remote worker, and with neither did I have to take a discount. Most companies want to pay you for the value you bring, and are not willing to lowball and risk losing highly-talented employees.
There are a few companies out there that play this game (Gitlab [1]), but many others (Basecamp [2]) that pay you what you're worth regardless of location.
[1] https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-operations/global-compensation/#paying-local-rates https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-operations/global-c...
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16051062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16051062
- UncleEntity 8y ago> Team members in high-wage regions having less discretionary income then ones in low-wage countries with the same role. Heh, so their answer is to take away (presumably unearned) discretionary income from people who win the location lottery? How very egalitarian of them.
- scalesolved 8y agoI've said it before but as long as you can get a PO box for the vatican city then Gitlab are going to have to pay you a lot!