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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by NotSammyHagar on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:09PM (#23169092)
It used to be that way 3 years ago when I worked at Google. I don't have a link, it was personal knowledge. I'm 100% sure of it. They actually paid more for the zurich office cause taxes were so high.
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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by ceras on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @07:39PM (#23173200)
> They actually paid more for the zurich office cause taxes were so high.

Google pays for cost of labor, not cost of living. While related, it isn't the same: for example, Google London pays much less than NYC, and Tokyo even less than that; yet Pittsburgh pays only slightly less than NYC despite being far and away the cheapest of the 4.

I believe Google's competitors tend to follow this model more than cost of living, especially internationally.

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