Re:GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working...
by castlecrasher2 on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @04:00PM
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Golly, y'all are cynical assholes. They provide a list of reasonable justifications and you just pounce like you're out for blood. "this leads me to the conclusion that you are unethical as well"? Really?
Re:GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working...
by xvector on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @07:52PM
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Literally all jobs scale to local rates. Look at any of FAANG. They all scale with local rates.
Re:GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working...
by Lordarminius on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:08AM
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At the risk of over flogging this issue, let me state this. Employees are hired for the value they bring to the company and the point of remote work is that geography is irrelevant. FAANG paying 'local rates' does not make it right. It simply means FAANG is as exploitative as other companies. Consider the other end of the spectrum - international expatriate workers. These folk have great leverage and they get paid multiples of the local wage. How do you justify that ?
With all due respect, this is b.s. Your company does this because it can, and because developers stuck in second and third tier cities (or countries) have little choice. It is blatant exploitation and a black mark on your company.
Edit: On closer examination, your third reason simply translates to : we are your best/only option right now so deal with it, this is borderline unethical practice.