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Relatively few Wikimedia staff are in San Francisco. Nearly half are outside the United States: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Pla
by akolbe 3y ago
Relatively few Wikimedia staff are in San Francisco. Nearly half are outside the United States:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024/Foundation_Details#Compensation_Principles https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_...
As for the other side of the equation, revenue, most of that is from readers' donations. And most of that comes from North America, Europe, Australia and East Asia.
But the Foundation also shows its fundraising messages and sends its fundraising emails begging readers to chip in in places like India, Brazil and South Africa:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2021-22_Report https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2021-22_Report
- t8sr 3y agoAnd in those markets I'm sure they're paid less. The most recent salary report at levels.fyi is about 120k in LA, which is as expensive as SF. They're paying in California less than Spotify is paying in Germany. And I'm not sure what you're saying - should they only ask for donations in the US? I mean, they could, probably, but why is it a problem that people in poorer countries also donate, proportionally I assume much less?
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- zztop44 3y agoThere are many wealthy/high income people in India, Brazil and South Africa. Proportionally fewer, but still many.