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This is a fairly global phenomenon I think. I've been living up in Northern Sweden for a bit, which is obviously a smallish market. I was getting offers for l
by esotericn 7y ago
This is a fairly global phenomenon I think.
I've been living up in Northern Sweden for a bit, which is obviously a smallish market.
I was getting offers for less than a third of what I made in London, and mostly for old enterprise tech stuff. At that point there's no reason to even bother negotiating. I went back to remote.
Living costs aren't realistically that much cheaper aside from housing.
The only people you're going to hire for the long term are locals that are staying in the town for reasons unrelated to work. Which is fine and describes many people - but it's definitely a huge limiter on access to top talent.
- systemtest 7y agoIs this a Northern Sweden problem or a Sweden problem in general? I've looked at a couple of hiring boards and hourly contractor rates are only €50-€70, even in Stockholm. Compared to the €70-€90 in London and Amsterdam that sounds a bit low, but please correct me if I am wrong.
- zprunger 7y agoIf you're contracting in Sweden you are 90% looking at Stockholm (the remaining 10% being Gothenburg or Malmö/Copenhagen). My experience is that Stockholm hourly rates are around 750-1200 SEK which would be ap. 70-110 EUR. I have not worked in London but a quick search says the rates are pretty similar.
- systemtest 7y agoIn that case I was looking at the wrong rates, thank you for the correction.