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Re:159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with ... by sofixa on Friday October 04, 2024 @06:12AM (#41739855)
It's an exaggeration. Starting salary in LA for a bus driver is $53k/year; NYC is $61k. Atlanta is $42k; Seattle $69k; Dallas $48k; Miami $43k. It's really only a very limited amount of cities that have $60k salaries for bus drivers.. and they're all cities where $60k doesn't get you that far.

For a comparison, starting salary for a bus driver in Paris is 30k euros (with no prerequisites, they will send you to learn how to drive a bus). I'd imagine the conditions are much better (a lot more time off, lower working hours), and the cost of living is lower, so those compensate for some of the difference.

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Re:159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with ... by pavlov on Friday October 04, 2024 @06:17AM (#41739883)
Automattic is headquartered in San Francisco, where $60k is a bus driver's salary.

So there are probably very few employees whose 6-month salary would only equal $30k. Most people leaving will be getting a lot more.

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Re:159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with ... by Aeolun on Friday October 04, 2024 @08:40AM (#41740782)
Netherlands is around €37k/year, and a minimum of 41 holidays xD

While you are learning it’s only €22k though.

I guess the fact you get free insurance helps, and it’s not quite as bad as I thought, but with an income like that you can get a mortgage of around 170k, which will net you around 40% of a house.

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