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There is an actual difference in quality (though not as much as the salary differential). Not in small part due to a significant percentage of the best enginee
by Aperocky 4y ago
There is an actual difference in quality (though not as much as the salary differential).
Not in small part due to a significant percentage of the best engineers originating in those regions are already here in the United States.
- monero-xmr 4y agoI hire US and Canadian engineers. Canadians working remote aren’t any cheaper when benefits are included than US employees, at least the quality I hire. European engineers are good but the time difference is literally the problem. 5 to 8 hours makes it impossible for me. All in costs are 150k for junior and 280k for top tier including benefits. We have equity but it’s not liquid. If I could hire Indians I would but simply put I have found them to be quite poor quality over many experiences, I assume the good Indian engineers are already employed by solid satellite offices of major US companies or have emigrated.
- namtab00 4y agooh lord... $150k for junior?! Italian me with 15 years experience and struggling to find a €50k job.. there are platforms like remote.com or deel.com for companies wanting to hire in jurisdictions they don't have a subsidiary in.
- monero-xmr 4y agoBenefits are actually quite generous and expensive when you want to hire top-tier talent. If you factor in good health insurance, payroll tax, 401k match, yearly bonus, various things like cell phone and internet paid for and random free stuff, someone costing 150k cost to me is more like a ~115k salary depending on the region, and of course taxes and retirement expense to the employee will reduce it to more like $70k take-home. But yes, still sounds good to Europeans.