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Re:Ask HN: How to attract perm Snr Engs when the contract ma... by aphextron on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:26AM (#27063734)
>But it is a reason to leave the company because you can easily get 10% or more switching jobs.

Depends on the company. Mine is 100% remote since COVID, has generous benefits, a strict 9-5 M-F culture, and plenty of interesting work to do as much (or as little) as I have an appetite for. I make maybe 10% under market rate, but it would take at least a 50% raise to get me to leave. That's never happening, as it would be well over what anyone short of FAANG would pay for a senior dev, so there are definitely intangibles about a work environment that are worth more to me than another $15-$20k a year.

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Re:Ask HN: How to attract perm Snr Engs when the contract ma... by learc83 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:44AM (#27064009)
Right but there's an assumption of all else being equal when making a comparison like that.

Obviously you can get away with paying below market rates if you provide some other benefits to make up for it.

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Re:Ask HN: How to attract perm Snr Engs when the contract ma... by pessimizer on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:55AM (#27064159)
What if there are identical "intangibles" at the place offering you a 10% raise?
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Re:Ask HN: How to attract perm Snr Engs when the contract ma... by omgwtfbbq on Thursday May 06, 2021 @11:09AM (#27064358)
Unless you know someone inside the company I'd guess that's pretty hard to judge from the outside or through a few interviews.
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