Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work
by DaiPlusPlus on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @07:29PM
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My friends at Google’s London offices are paid comparably to my friends at Google’s Kirkland (Seattle) office.
All my other UK friends at low-profile companies are paid a fraction of that (certainly less than half, arguably for the same work, even in London).
The only explanation I have for it is entrenched low salary expectations and also knowing you’re competing with India, whereas on the US West Coast (which is where I live now, though I graduated in the UK) employers have already decided to hire local instead of elsewhere so you don’t feel an unstated pressure to compete on-price with others. The fact Amazon and Microsoft are local also helps.
All my other UK friends at low-profile companies are paid a fraction of that (certainly less than half, arguably for the same work, even in London).
The only explanation I have for it is entrenched low salary expectations and also knowing you’re competing with India, whereas on the US West Coast (which is where I live now, though I graduated in the UK) employers have already decided to hire local instead of elsewhere so you don’t feel an unstated pressure to compete on-price with others. The fact Amazon and Microsoft are local also helps.