>you open an office in Canada because it’s cheaper.
Or, to hire international tech workers who you can't bring to your US office for visa reasons.
Or, to hire international tech workers who you can't bring to your US office for visa reasons.
According to a director I spoke with it’s because they can’t find enough qualified engineers, not to save money.
Seems we should just be opening more offices in Hyderabad, I don’t know why that isn’t done more. Political security maybe?
Depends, it's not just about the employees salaries. Some EU countries have pretty high taxes and high worker's rights so big tech actively avoids them.
So in the grand scheme, Indian offices might yeld better return on their investment.
Anyway I know of plenty of people who landed remote jobs at US companies, or US-based companies opening offices within Europe. I mean most US companies operate through Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg anyway because of tax evasion.
Except high taxes its an issue though but for the company's taxes, not the employees' taxes. You even said it yourself later ["I mean most US companies operate through Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg anyway because of tax evasion"] it just so happens that the countries with low corporate taxes also have low income taxes and countries with high corporate taxes usually also have high income taxes.
There's a reason why all big tech in EU is parked in those countries with low taxes and simple laws like Luxembourg, Ireland, Netherlands and not in countries with high taxes and complex laws like France, Belgium, Austria, etc.
And no, most big tech don't really hire EU-wide remotely outside of their HQ country and a few select other countries since we have no standardized EU wide corporate and workers' laws so a lot of EU countries get left out due to their stricter laws.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/go...
I agree that there is scarcity on the market, but unless a company is really paying top salaries for their devs, they really cannot say that it’s not money.
If I had known that I could make $750k in tech then the gap is small enough that the improved work life balance and lower stress might have tipped me to tech.
People in finance make a lot money and fantasize about having another job. People in medicine make a lot of money and play golf.
Holy cow, how is that possible?! In my European country staff level goes up to 85K. That's insane.
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