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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by swat535 on Saturday May 05, 2018 @12:10PM (#17002401)
Well this is interesting..

Based on my own experience of finding remote work for US companies.

I usually get lowballed on the offers because I am based in Canada.

In other words, US companies pay average salaries calculated based on my local salary rates.

In fact I just had a phone interview with a SF startup for a remote position and they were shocked to hear that I was asking for an AVG salary rate in SF instead of Canada.

Not sure if this is the norm for everyone.

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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by eloff on Saturday May 05, 2018 @12:26PM (#17002479)
Yes that happens. I explicitly exclude any US company with a presence in Canada - as that implies an HR department in Canada with Canadian salary guides. I got an offer from IBM that made me laugh. On top of that they wanted to own anything I did on my own time. Stay away from IBM.
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