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Google has an engineering office in Austin. Could be someone who took their Bay Area salary with them. Same with Pittsburg. Uber has a presence there and SFBA t
by powvans 7y ago
Google has an engineering office in Austin. Could be someone who took their Bay Area salary with them. Same with Pittsburg. Uber has a presence there and SFBA transplants take their SFBA salaries with them when they move.
- MuffinFlavored 7y agoHow is that allowed?...
- jldugger 7y agoIt's usually not, but there's a certain logic to it: they valued your work high enough to pay you in SV, why would the same work be less valuable just because you moved offices?
- MuffinFlavored 7y agobecause the cost of living is different? lol
- sidlls 7y agoThe cost of living has nothing to do with the value of the work. It impacts supply and demand of labor, though.
- PenguinCoder 7y agoTotally agreed. I keep trying to explain this to companies as an interviewee, but it does not go well. Even in my current job, doing the same thing/title/exp/degree as others on the team, I am paid less; because I work remotely. Yet they do not expect less of me than my coworkers, but they pay me less due to geographical region.
- scalesolved 7y agoBrb while I move to Vatican city, I look forward to my salary going up significantly.