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How much people pay in income tax is public information in the Nordics, meaning it’s trivial to compare yourself to coworkers or the names of people you intervi
by willvarfar 5y ago
How much people pay in income tax is public information in the Nordics, meaning it’s trivial to compare yourself to coworkers or the names of people you interview with etc. Or neighbors, and so on.
- kelnos 5y agoThat only works if these people only have one source of income, though, right? If people hold more than one job, or have a part-time side gig, or have investment income, that would inflate their income tax paid, and you wouldn't know what portion of that is paid against the salary for the primary job that you're curious about.
- willvarfar 5y agoYes. Which means it works for 99% of employees in tech and most other sectors and the other 1% are easily spotted.
- caskstrength 5y ago> Which means it works for 99% of employees in tech and most other sectors and the other 1% are easily spotted. Why? You don't give mere engineers RSUs in the Nordics?
- verve_rat 5y agoRSUs are mostly only a US thing.
- caskstrength 5y agoWell, US companies give RSUs to their workers in Europe. But don't Spotify, for example, also give them? (sorry, I don't know any other big public IT companies)