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Re: Gitlab and remote work

#11

Post by lucideer »

chrisan wrote: post #9
emerongi wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the problem with that? If Gitlab is not paying top of the market salaries, then they're just going to miss out on top talent, and clearly they're fine with it. It's a free market after all, you don't have to join Gitlab.

Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. Just don't call yourself a world leader.

If there's nothing wrong with it, why would it preclude one being a world leader.

(not saying GL are, there could be other unrelated things precluding it)

Re: Gitlab and remote work

#12

Post by chomp »

chrisan wrote: post #9
emerongi wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the problem with that? If Gitlab is not paying top of the market salaries, then they're just going to miss out on top talent, and clearly they're fine with it. It's a free market after all, you don't have to join Gitlab.

Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. Just don't call yourself a world leader.

Who would you consider to be operationally and culturally superior in regards to remote work than Gitlab? Asking sincerely, because Gitlab is one of the first brands I think of when people mention "remote first culture".

Re: Gitlab and remote work

#13

Post by emerongi »

chrisan wrote: post #9
emerongi wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the problem with that? If Gitlab is not paying top of the market salaries, then they're just going to miss out on top talent, and clearly they're fine with it. It's a free market after all, you don't have to join Gitlab.

Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. Just don't call yourself a world leader.

It's in your own personal definition of remote work that people should be paid an universal salary.

Gitlab might not be a world leader in salaries, but they might very well be a world leader in providing the best remote work environment to their employees.

Re: Gitlab and remote work

#14

Post by rschachte »

lucideer wrote: post #11
chrisan wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. Just don't call yourself a world leader.

If there's nothing wrong with it, why would it preclude one being a world leader. (not saying GL are, there could be other unrelated things precluding it)

Because being a world leader in remote work would imply they don’t do that?

Re: Gitlab and remote work

#15

Post by yani »

chomp wrote: post #12
chrisan wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. Just don't call yourself a world leader.

Who would you consider to be operationally and culturally superior in regards to remote work than Gitlab? Asking sincerely, because Gitlab is one of the first brands I think of when people mention "remote first culture".

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Re: Gitlab and remote work

#16

Post by [deleted] »

lucideer wrote: post #11
chrisan wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. Just don't call yourself a world leader.

If there's nothing wrong with it, why would it preclude one being a world leader. (not saying GL are, there could be other unrelated things precluding it)

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Re: Gitlab and remote work

#17

Post by wowokay »

rschachte wrote: post #14
lucideer wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If there's nothing wrong with it, why would it preclude one being a world leader. (not saying GL are, there could be other unrelated things precluding it)

Because being a world leader in remote work would imply they don’t do that?

That doesn’t make sense? Just like universal pay doesn’t make sense unless there is a universal cost to everything.

Re: Gitlab and remote work

#18

Post by tapanjk »

mountainriver wrote: post #8
belter wrote: post #2

Still paying according to location for the same work?

Last I heard they were which makes them NOT a leader in remote work lol They underpay in general which is why their product is buggy

> They underpay in general which is why their product is buggy

I understand the sentiment but I am not convinced that underpay is the cause of buggyness. They compete with a behemoth and it is quite a feat to stay in the game in spite of having a fraction of resources at their disposal compared to thier completion.

Re: Gitlab and remote work

#20

Post by rschachte »

wowokay wrote: post #17
rschachte wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because being a world leader in remote work would imply they don’t do that?

That doesn’t make sense? Just like universal pay doesn’t make sense unless there is a universal cost to everything.

It makes sense relative to actual world leaders in tech that do not adjust pay based on location.
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