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Life hack: Move to the Bay Area and get a Bay Area tech compensation package, gain enough trust within your company/team to convince your manager to work remote
by dawhizkid 8y ago
Life hack: Move to the Bay Area and get a Bay Area tech compensation package, gain enough trust within your company/team to convince your manager to work remotely, move to a cheaper cost of living place and keep same compensation package...profit. Seen it done many times...
- jchw 8y agoHere's the thing: what happens if you like living in the Bay Area and prefer working in person to working remotely? This strategy probably works great if you Want to live elsewhere, but otherwise it's a big trade off.
- ip26 8y agoYou're more than welcome to stay in California and pay California prices. A lot of other people feel that way too. No one is stopping you.
- andkenneth 8y agoThen you pay the premium to live and work in the place that you (and millions of other people) want to be. The above strategy works best for people who don't actually WANT to live in the Bay Area.
- gjs278 8y agowhat do you think?
- erik_landerholm 8y agoWhy even move there? Many companies, including ours pay Bay Area salaries regardless of where you live.
- dawhizkid 8y agoI don’t think that’s true...AFAIK your typical FB/Goog comp package for the same level as Bay Area in London, for example, is significantly lower. And base salary might be semi comparable but total comp (I.e. stock) is for sure significantly higher in Bay Area than other areas.
- gaoshan 8y agoI worked for an SF company but live in Cleveland. Now I work for a local office but still make about half the cost of my entire house every year.
- vtange 8y agoWhat happens if you lose your Bay Area job or decide to switch out? Sounds like you'd need to move back to the Bay to repeat the process.
- dawhizkid 8y agoIt’s called a hack for a reason
- KKKKkkkk1 8y agoThe employers I know will renegotiate your terms if you ask them to relocate and work remotely.
- avmich 8y agoInterestingly, some employers I know encourage remote working on the grounds that they then need to maintain smaller office spaces (actually those going to offices aren't that cramped). Seems like employers save on your not-coming in person and not minding keeping your high salary.
- muzz 8y agoQuite a bit different from my experience, which admittedly is at companies like Google, Facebook, etc that bus people into HQ from 7 counties, into tightly packed office space.