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Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how do others handle it?
Recently I got to know the pay scales that my peers and even junior developers are getting in the US/EU. It is substantially more even though we do the same work. Though I've known about this policy, getting to know the numbers is extremely jarring. It's causing a lot of resentment and detachment to work from my side.<p>I've raised this issue with my manager and they've told me that I can transfer if i want those pay scales but that's not a possibility for me. If the company is willing to pay me that amount in a different location, why can't it pay me the same here?<p>The reasons they've given me are weak and I want to debunk them.<p>1) cost of living - a lot of my colleagues are in locations where they can buy independent houses which are cheaper than an appartment in the city I live. Real estate in my country runs on black money, and I'll probably never be able to own a house. Some of the EU countries provide free health care and education, I'm just a major health issue away from poverty. Most of them come from nuclear family cultures, where as I take care of my retired parents and younger siblings, and if i get married that's a whole new family.<p>2) talent - if they are more talented than me then why am I in a more senior role than them. And my talent won't change if I change location so why should my salary<p>3) something about not trapping in a high salary job - I dont even know what to say about this. I would love to be in that trap instead of the one I'm in right now where I'm being forced to migrate, where I would loose my family, friends and all the support structures I've built around me, to receive the same benefits as my peers.<p>This seems senseless to me. What would the company gain if I work from a different location that they would pay me more? It feels like a poverty tax and I've never felt more like a cog in a machine.<p>What do others think about this and how do you deal with this?
Thunderbolt, Displayport and Docks
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After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel
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The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero
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Nokia’s Burning Platform Memo (2011)
The forty-year programmer
The forty-year programmer
Ask HN: Generalist contractors, what is your hourly rate?
There was a question a couple days ago about hourly rate, and a lot of the discussion revolved around raising compensation by specializing. Of course, generalists can still specialize, but it's a bit different. So, I'm curious what the answers will be like if we hear from only generalist developers.
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