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That’s quite an assumption that US companies are paying US rates in Canada. I can confirm that mine is paying 20% less
by annexrichmond 4y ago
That’s quite an assumption that US companies are paying US rates in Canada. I can confirm that mine is paying 20% less
- msbarnett 4y agoThe US company I started working for during the pandemic is paying me US rates, in USD, so I wouldn't call it an "assumption" just because you accepted a job in which you're getting paid 20% less.
- fbourque 4y agoAre they paying SV rates with RSU though as FB and Google are definitely paying noticeably less overall as that was the point of the OP?
- msbarnett 4y agoThe person I am directly responding to was disputing the idea that employers are paying US rates in Canada at all ("That’s quite an assumption that US companies are paying US rates in Canada."), not SV rates specifically. Please don't try to shift the goal posts.
- nicoburns 4y ago20% less might still be over double local rates.
- dleslie 4y agoLast I checked, here in BC the wage for a senior programmer typically ranged between 80 and 150, Canadian. Taking a 20% discount on a SV senior salary, in American dollars, would likely be a significant raise.
- closeparen 4y agoThe main difference is no RSUs vs. $200-500k/year RSUs.
- wheelinsupial 4y ago150 seems high in my experience in Vancouver. Are you able to comment on which companies pay towards that end of the range? I guess this would be Amazon, Microsoft, Apple?
- Mikeb85 4y agoWhich is probably still >50% higher than Canadian companies pay with exchange rates factored in.
- wussboy 4y agoMy new US based employer laughed when he saw what I was making in Canada. “So this will be quite a nice jump for you?” Yes. Yes it was.