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Re:Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe D... by mrunkel on Thursday April 06, 2023 @11:24AM (#35469620)
Cost of Living is much higher in Switzerland.
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Re:Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe D... by nostrademons on Thursday April 06, 2023 @11:36AM (#35469825)
Cost of living is usually higher in areas with higher wages, because it means that residents have more money to spend on living.
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Re:Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe D... by aix1 on Thursday April 06, 2023 @11:49AM (#35470079)
Right, and Google explicitly doesn't model for cost of living in its comp philosophy.
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Re:Google and Amazon Struggle to Lay Off Workers in Europe D... by waych on Friday April 07, 2023 @01:25AM (#35478343)
They use per market pricing instead, which roughly works out to the same thing in the long term, while not being subject to short term fluctuations.
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