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Japanese companies massively exploit their employees and the presidents often live like kings. They might not get an SV salary but they get an expense account,
by greggman3 6y ago
Japanese companies massively exploit their employees and the presidents often live like kings. They might not get an SV salary but they get an expense account, cars, vacation homes, and other perks all provided by the company. Meanwhile their employees get paid shit and work 10-12hr days and don't get paid overtime.
I'd chose SV over that anytime. SV at least pays on average 6x what a similar employee makes in Japan and effectively treats their staff like royalty. Flex hours, lots of vacation, space, good equipment, breaks, gyms, meals, etc...
- iratewizard 6y agoThe Japanese employee gets to live in Japan. I would take that over SV, one of the suicide capitals of the world.
- greggman3 6y agoSuicide in Japan is generally higher than the USA. It might not be as high as SV (no idea) but if you're choosing based on suicide rates you'd be better off choosing another city in the USA
- iratewizard 6y ago15.8 vs 14.8 for last year across Japan and the US as a whole (respectively). I have a feeling this year the US' rate will be considerably higher.