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Are Googlers in general okay with the idea that their contributions are worth 1/4 as much if they live in Warsaw?
by anonymoushn 4y ago
Are Googlers in general okay with the idea that their contributions are worth 1/4 as much if they live in Warsaw?
- killingtime74 4y agoBy then accepting their contract, yes?
- Anderkent 4y agoif it's the best offer you can get, would you quit just because someone else on another continent is being paid more?
- barry-cotter 4y agoIf they’re not they can apply for a transfer after 2 years to Mountain View and they’ll get it, unless US Immigration vetoes it. I hear the Zürich office pays pretty well too and if you’re Polish I believe immigration is very easy as they’re EU citizens.
- andsoitis 4y ago> contributions are worth 1/4 as much if they live in Warsaw? Under the "free market", compensation isn't some objective number etched into a tablet somewhere in the universe. Instead, it is the result of market forces.
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- H8crilA 4y agoYes, usually rationalizing it as "but it's cheaper to live in Warsaw", which is true. That being said it is a reflection of market reality, where some (many) people are definitely unwilling to move for 4x the salary. This doesn't of course mean that SV is "4x worse", but rather is a pricing of their other activities/personal relationships.
- aix1 4y agoThere are definitely issues with Google's comp system, but the fact that pay depends on location is IMO not unreasonable. Especially so given that there's often a lot of flexibility with regards to location. For example, I chose to relocate from London to Zürich (without changing teams/project). I did it for quality-of-life reasons but the comp also increased quite significantly, even adjusted for cost of living. And I am not some special snowflake: everybody around me who wanted to be based somewhere else had their relocation requests approved.