If the thing you're creating can't cover the costs of making it then it's not a good enough product and you should find something else to do.
It sucks, but that's the way it works.
It sucks, but that's the way it works.
There’re places outside US where you can find top-notch people for less than $100k.
Companies can cut costs by dumping waste in a river and burning garbage, too, but we don't let companies do that any more. If a company wants to operate in a country then they need to obey the laws of that country.
Also, this applies to the skills of the employee. If your skills aren't good enough that people would pay top dollar for them, then you should find something else to do.
it sucks, but that's the way it works.
But in this case it doesn't suck for the rich management and shareholders (they'll manage just fine without doing the project at all) it mostly just sucks for the taxpayers who get less tax revenue, the community that has one fewer consumer, and the foreigner who has to stay put in his country working at something even less productive making $25k.