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Before you started working together, did you discus what would happen if things did not work well? Was your salary closer to that of the norm in Sweden, or that of the Portuguese? The difference is substantial. Did they think you where amazing at first and had too high an expectation? If you salary was closer to the Swedish norm then they may have thought that 2 weeks pay was a very substantial amount.

In Portugal, I believe, that unless you let people go before the trial period is over, then a whole lot of protective measures kick in.

For anybody looking to hire anybody abroad it is having the conversation about what happens when things don't go well.

It would be good to hear the Unbabel side of the story.

[Disclosure] Two of the founders are what I would call acquaintances of mine.

The test was only done on 28 people and only 8 showed some improvements. The Improvements where self reported. What I wonder is the statistical error on such a small study. From this small study they are generalising to say that it is "exciting" and "dramatic"!

I think you are kind of been unfair. How do you know that there is not any market for something like this? Have you gone out there and tried to market a smiler product? Also you state that AWS is cheaper. Can you give us some numbers? Could you explain why AWS is cheaper, than Crowdprocess? On the Ethical issue I think they require an opt in.

I would go for Lisbon. It has very good and cheap flight connections to the rest of Europe (not good to the West Coast of America). Easyjet, and RyanAir fly out of Lisbon, and the national airline TAP is very good and only slightly more expensive. Very nice weather. We still have not turned on the heating yet.

You can live cheaply and well. It may not be the cheapest cheapest in Europe, but is good value for money. For example at a restaurant opposite our office for only 5€ you can have a freshly grilled Sea Bass or a steak. Office rents are cheap as well. Expect to pay from 6€ to 10€ per m3. So you can out source the cooking and even the driving cheaply. A taxi to the airport will set you back just 8€.

Somebody I know just rented a two bed apartment in the centre of town for 440€ per month.

There is a vibrant Start Up Community. Some really good people.

For us the decision was more than just cost, but also standard of living.

You can find more details here in why we decided to open an office here: http://blog.webnographer.com/2010/10/an-rd-office-in-lisbon/

Software Creator at Webnographer in Lisbon, Portugal

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