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I know when the Fortune 500 US company I worked for opened their European office they 1) chose Dublin 2) Flew over multiple well paid engineers and paid for th
by wincy 4y ago
I know when the Fortune 500 US company I worked for opened their European office they
1) chose Dublin
2) Flew over multiple well paid engineers and paid for them to live there to train the new Dublin team.
So I think because of some of the tax strategies mentioned by others US companies choose Dublin which strongly influences the salaries paid there.
- foobarian 4y agoTaxes and access. I believe Dublin is one of the closest EU airports to the eastern seaboard. There is even an Irish airport (not Dublin, Sh... something) with a USA passport check on Irish soil, so once you step on the plane you're officially in the US and once you land it's like taking a Boston-NYC shuttle.
- selimthegrim 4y agoShannon, in the west.
- stripline 4y agoI listened to an interesting podcast about how the first every Duty Free shop was started in Shannon airport. https://www.npr.org/2018/05/18/612441091/a-look-at-where-those-duty-free-shops-in-airports-got-started https://www.npr.org/2018/05/18/612441091/a-look-at-where-tho...
- closewith 4y agoDublin also has-preclearance. A live-saver when I was doing a weekly DUB-SFO commute.