GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working from Home

Re:GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working... by macintux on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @01:49PM (#18443611)

> 1. A concentration of team members in low-wage regions, since it is a better deal for them, while we want a geographically diverse team.

"low-wage regions" includes roughly 98% of the land mass of the world. That sounds like a silly reason.

> 2. Team members in high-wage regions having less discretionary income than ones in low-wage countries with the same role.

Which is how capitalism works.

> 3. Team members in low-wage regions being in golden handcuffs and unlikely to leave even when they are unhappy.

...at this point I surrender to their illogic.

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Re:GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working... by keiferski on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @01:56PM (#18443688)

1. Excludes basically the top 100 cities in the world. Ruling out talent from New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, etc. seems pretty significant.

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Re:GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working... by macintux on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @01:59PM (#18443720)

But it doesn't materially impact geographic diversity. Does having an employee in the London suburbs instead of the City of London suddenly make for a weaker team?

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