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in general i agree, but the problem with location based salaries is that they are working for locals, but not for expats. expats everywhere have higher living c
by em-bee 3y ago
in general i agree, but the problem with location based salaries is that they are working for locals, but not for expats. expats everywhere have higher living costs than locals, in part because they will get more expensive housing that is more up to the standard they are used to, and they also may have kids that they can't or don't want to send to a local school, and they will buy more imported food that they are used from home.
when i looked at their salariy calculator i figured that i could not live on the salary they would offer for my location. school costs alone for each child are as much as i pay for rent.
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- lazyasciiart 3y agoWhy is that a problem?
- em-bee 3y agoit's a problem because it means that many expats can't work for gitlab because they can't afford to live on that salary. if i am working for gitlab in my home country, i can't move into the home country of my wife because my salary would be reduced below what we need to live there
- lazyasciiart 3y agoBut there’s no benefit to Gitlab or to society in general for Gitlab to subsidize people to move to countries where they can be rich compared to the locals. It’s a personal obstacle to working at Gitlab, not a problem with the setup.
- em-bee 3y agostrongly disagree. there is a big benefit to have cultures mix and help with integration into an international company, both to gitlab and to society. that's why i moved to china.
- lazyasciiart 3y agoSo mix and integrate, instead of demanding to maintain a lifestyle from elsewhere. Gitlab will even help by giving you a locally reasonable income.
- em-bee 3y agoi am not demanding to maintain a lifestyle from elsewhere or even from my home. i just expect the acknowledgement that as an expat i simply can not avoid certain extra expenses that locals do not have. with regards to kids, there isn't even another option. children that did not grow up speaking chinese at home have no realistic chance to successfully pass through chinese schools. why should i not be able to demand that? this hinges in whether we want people to mix and integrate. if we do want that, then we do need to support people who make that choice. if we don't want to support that, well then we just won't get people who are willing to make that move. so if gitlab is not paying a salary that allows me to do that, then gitlab is missing out on the benefits of the mix and integration that i am achieving. it's quite simple. it's fine if gitlab (or any other company for that matter) does not want that. that's their choice. but they also have to accept that the consequence for the company is to not get those benefits. you get what you pay for.