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I am the original poster from the post linked in this article. I know these as a fact that a comparable property in my city would cost me much more than what y

I am the original poster from the post linked in this article. I know these as a fact that a comparable property in my city would cost me much more than what you're paying. All the while I'm getting payed less than half of my colleagues living in your area. And there are many other costs that are comparable eg. electronics, vehicles and education. All this is to say that location based pay is not about cost of living, its about getting away with paying as little as possible.

hollywood_court 4y ago
Can we see some sources for those "facts" please?
- pyrodactyl 4y ago
  A comparable sized property listing https://www.nobroker.in/property/buy/4-bhk-apartment-for-sale-in-kothrud-pune/ff80818169fc394f0169fc9b57044ae2/detail https://www.nobroker.in/property/buy/4-bhk-apartment-for-sal... For electronics and vehicles you are free to google iphone and mercedes prices in India vs Us. Its especially higher if I want specific items to import like framework laptop, fairphone, tesla car Private education can get very expensive very quickly too. Public schools are not even an option as they don't even have furniture sometimes. You might say remaining costs are low, but they are low only if we use uncertified, unskilled, low quality services/labor. For even decent quality of work the prices will be in multiples. About my comment about being payed half, the pay scales are visible to everyone in the company so I know that the least in the US also gets payed 2x of my location
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malfist 4y ago
If you're paid 50% of what your HCOL breathern are being paid, and living in a higher cost of living than myself, then perhaps it's not location that's the culprit here. I don't know any company that has a location based pay differential that ranges into 50%.
- pyrodactyl 4y ago
  I get exactly 45% percent of SF rates. Just to be clear, this is an international company

hollywood_court 4y ago

Can we see some sources for those "facts" please?

pyrodactyl 4y ago
A comparable sized property listing https://www.nobroker.in/property/buy/4-bhk-apartment-for-sale-in-kothrud-pune/ff80818169fc394f0169fc9b57044ae2/detail https://www.nobroker.in/property/buy/4-bhk-apartment-for-sal... For electronics and vehicles you are free to google iphone and mercedes prices in India vs Us. Its especially higher if I want specific items to import like framework laptop, fairphone, tesla car Private education can get very expensive very quickly too. Public schools are not even an option as they don't even have furniture sometimes. You might say remaining costs are low, but they are low only if we use uncertified, unskilled, low quality services/labor. For even decent quality of work the prices will be in multiples. About my comment about being payed half, the pay scales are visible to everyone in the company so I know that the least in the US also gets payed 2x of my location
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malfist 4y ago

If you're paid 50% of what your HCOL breathern are being paid, and living in a higher cost of living than myself, then perhaps it's not location that's the culprit here. I don't know any company that has a location based pay differential that ranges into 50%.

pyrodactyl 4y ago
I get exactly 45% percent of SF rates. Just to be clear, this is an international company