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amazing suggestion, seems so obvious but we had never considered - thank you! <3

Andrew, thank you for the feedback. This is something we'd love to be able to be better at and would love any advice you may have.

We send the rate with each developer. We don't have a flat rate; otherwise, that means we set the rate. The developers set their own rate and we send that over with their profiles after you state what you're looking for and who in our platform is a match.

What's a better way of going about this?

Thank you, zebulonevans! Yes, upwork is great, but we really needed help with all the other logistical stuff that really makes a difference in being able to treat teammates like core members of the team! We hope to hear from you :)

lol! The HN I know and love. We started in 2018 :) So not 0, but I do agree, percentages can be bullshit.

<3 <3 <3

This is tricky indeed, but something we keep at the front of mind and is very important to us. We have local offices and local teams solely focused on team engagement and happiness. We even have a community happiness manager. We have spent the last 4 years creating a community in every location we have an office with the sole focus of offering support, friendship, guidance, and mentors. Our goal is to help each team member feel like a core stakeholder on their US team. Another way of doing this is we're not afraid of firing customers. We don't let our customers treat our developers like second-class contractors. If that happens, we have a clause in our contract that we can terminate the relationship.

Austin, TX :) Thanks for pointing that out

Not a downer at all! We're not a fit for everyone. We totally get that. We let the devs set their prices, and then have a standard premium benefits package because we believe everyone should have silicon valley level perks. We're definitely not the cheapest, but we're invested in a long-term relationship for both parties and not just a cost-savings play. In our experience, turnover ends up being super high with low rates. But maybe you found some gems! I hope it works out. I really believe there is a need and an opportunity for everyone. We're just trying to do our part to help in any way we can.

Thanks for the note! We have one team we do this with. Email me and we can discuss offline [email protected]

Thanks so much! We grew like crazy last year (over 400%). Do I think we can do the same this year, not sure, but definitely 100 times again this year and 100 times again next year.

The company is only as big as the need for employing great devs worldwide. We may not be a consumer known product, but we hope to help lots of companies and devs for many years to come! Also, we've been very careful to not give up control so the company would never be forced into pivoting against our mission!

Pricing-wise, I'd say our all-in fees on a per dev basis are comparable to a developer's salary here in the US, but our fees are inclusive of benefits, tech, offices, etc... and the US salary is not.

We work very closely with our devs and US partners. We have intermediaries to help with these cultural blockers. We believe it's never a technical bar that are misses, but a cultural one. We've designed our entire support system around this to help both our US companies and our LATAM devs. And our support system aren't 20 year old CS reps with no knowledge of anything, our support system are seasoned Engineering Managers with former experience working on US teams and local to our LATAM offices.

Yes, we couldn't agree more! People shouldn't have to uproot their life. My mom moved half-way around the world for work and building a family away from your family, while professionally necessary, was very hard on her and us. In today's modern society, it's simply not necessary anymore.

And to answer your question, top tech companies aren't usually price sensitive and are willing to pay for top talent. Because of our transparency in our fees, everyone knows what everyone is making and it's the developer who sets their own rate.