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Re:Mark Zuckerberg confirms broad layoffs to begin at Meta by bradleyjg on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:18AM (#33529483)
4 months of SV SWE pay is going to be higher than 10 mo of German SWE pay. The market rate is much much lower. Those labor laws might have something to do with that.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg confirms broad layoffs to begin at Meta by stoobs on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @08:25AM (#33531242)
How does the cost of living compare? The wage in SV might be higher, but with astronomical rents etc, you might actually be better off in real terms with the German 10 months.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg confirms broad layoffs to begin at Meta by bradleyjg on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:00PM (#33534457)
It’s a reasonable point in general but not in this specific case. German (and western continental Europe in general) software engineering salaries are like dotcom and everything since didn’t happen. It’s not just a percentage here or there.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg confirms broad layoffs to begin at Meta by random314 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @11:20PM (#33542153)
> Those labor laws might have something to do with that.

No it doesn't. Life expectancy in the United states is declining. Perhaps labor law has something to do with it.

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