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News for you: FAANG companies pay garbage salaries in their EU offices (Switzerland is not EU). Source: glassdoor.com
by bitL 8y ago
News for you: FAANG companies pay garbage salaries in their EU offices (Switzerland is not EU). Source: glassdoor.com
- s3nnyy 8y agoStill they pay more than market. EU salaries are not very high in general, but taxes are. So big tech firms just need to pay a bit more than the market to attract talent.
- Rinzler89 8y agoFunny that you believe Glassdoor salaries as being accurate. People who earn the big bucks don't advertise that on Glassdoor.
- yorwba 8y agoThe comparison remains valid, even if it only tells you that the people not earning the big bucks in one place make more than their counterparts in another.
- Rinzler89 8y agoFair point, but even dwarfed by what they pay back home, they still pay more than what the local companies do even though the bar is so low.
- jashmatthews 8y agoL5 SWE in London is ~US$200k total comp. No, not quite as much as SF, but that's still insane money outside of finance.
- bitL 8y ago£160k/year won't allow you to even buy a family home within 1 hour distance to the office over 10 years that is around maximum you'd spend @ FAANG as a SWE. It's truly pointless to feel good about it even if it is considered "insane money" due to really low London engineering salaries (worse than Munich on average). For the same work you'd likely get 350k CHF in Zurich (and won't be able to buy apartment either as Swiss aren't selling).
- jashmatthews 8y agoWorking near a major station like Kings Cross where Google is gives you a really wide area with a sub 1 hour commute. Plenty of commuter towns in that radius have housing easily affordable on half that salary.