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I work for an American company and live in Metro Vancouver. In fact, around half the team lives here. We own shares in the American company and are paid throug
by dleslie 6y ago
I work for an American company and live in Metro Vancouver. In fact, around half the team lives here.
We own shares in the American company and are paid through a Canadian subsidiary. That compensation scheme avoids burdening the employees with the difficulty of declaring foreign earnings come tax time.
So for the most part it's the same as working for a Canadian company, but the pay is better.
- tfleming 6y agoAwesome! That's like the ideal situation right there. I'm an American that moved to Canada back in 2002 and worked as a contractor for my US employer for more than 4 years. The yearly tax stuff drove me insane.
- dleslie 6y agoIt's not so much ideal as a nice compromise. I'm still earning much less than I would with similar experience doing similar work in _Seattle_, but I get to stay in Canada and earn more than I could easily manage working for a local company.