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Ever considered working remote for a U.S. company? You don’t have to move to take advantage of the better job market in the U.S.

faluzure 3y ago
I do work for an American company but with Canadian branches. I doubled my salary over Canadian tech companies but still only make 50-60% what my American peers make.
- BaseballPhysics 3y ago
  Same story for me at my last company, which started up in Canada but then relocated headquarters to the US. Why? Access to funding and industry partners. I was making great money compared to my local peers. But compared to my American colleagues I was making half.
- manquer 3y ago
  Curious are you paid less with comparable cost of living of american peers I.e. are you comparing with NY or Bay Area salaries or median American for same skills? If my CoL is higher living in the Bay Area I would then expect to be compensated for that , and that seems fair . Even when paid higher the quality of life and net savings people living in high CoL areas have are considerably less than in low CoL so am not sure it is better to have the higher compensation
- slashdev 3y ago
  Stay away from those ones with Canadian branches, unless you must have the office experience. They always scale pay by location. Corollary, stay away from companies that pay by location when seeking remote work, unless you live in a very expensive location.
red-iron-pine 3y ago
I've done that more or less since 2015. it's not easy, and I was lucky to have a large group of generally well-connected coworkers and peers from jobs I worked in the US. Generally not possible for the average Canadian unless they've got 80% percentile tech skills, and/or did some time working in the US. Not sure why it isn't more common, even if salaries stay roughly equal (after conversion to CAD), there is tremendous savings to be had just in health insurance costs alone.
- slashdev 3y ago
  Remote jobs tend to pay less, and taxes are higher in Canada. I think you can’t beat going to the U.S. on purely financial considerations. But there’s always other factors to consider, so it’s a decent compromise.

faluzure 3y ago

I do work for an American company but with Canadian branches. I doubled my salary over Canadian tech companies but still only make 50-60% what my American peers make.

BaseballPhysics 3y ago
Same story for me at my last company, which started up in Canada but then relocated headquarters to the US. Why? Access to funding and industry partners. I was making great money compared to my local peers. But compared to my American colleagues I was making half.
manquer 3y ago
Curious are you paid less with comparable cost of living of american peers I.e. are you comparing with NY or Bay Area salaries or median American for same skills? If my CoL is higher living in the Bay Area I would then expect to be compensated for that , and that seems fair . Even when paid higher the quality of life and net savings people living in high CoL areas have are considerably less than in low CoL so am not sure it is better to have the higher compensation
slashdev 3y ago
Stay away from those ones with Canadian branches, unless you must have the office experience. They always scale pay by location. Corollary, stay away from companies that pay by location when seeking remote work, unless you live in a very expensive location.

red-iron-pine 3y ago

I've done that more or less since 2015. it's not easy, and I was lucky to have a large group of generally well-connected coworkers and peers from jobs I worked in the US. Generally not possible for the average Canadian unless they've got 80% percentile tech skills, and/or did some time working in the US. Not sure why it isn't more common, even if salaries stay roughly equal (after conversion to CAD), there is tremendous savings to be had just in health insurance costs alone.

slashdev 3y ago
Remote jobs tend to pay less, and taxes are higher in Canada. I think you can’t beat going to the U.S. on purely financial considerations. But there’s always other factors to consider, so it’s a decent compromise.