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If you had 4x your salary, wouldn't you be spending a lot on keeping up your house, and paying a lot of taxes for local amenities like schools? I don't understand how an area that affluent could be a ghetto.
No property taxes are very low in the UK some one in a 10M house in London pays less than an upper middle class person does in some US states
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I know a UK google employee who is a new college grad and gets 5 weeks of vacation per year on top of 8 bank holidays. And their salary is higher than most US Google new grads. They are working at a US company, but at least they are still paying UK taxes and contributing to the UK economy.
Do you mind saying what their compensation package is?
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There are only ten federal holidays. If you are working in the states, you get most of not all of them.
> There are only ten federal holidays. If you are working in the states, you get most of not all of them. MLK, Washington's Birthday, Labor Day, and Columbus Day are particularly frequently not granted by private employers. Columbus Day and MLK are each not given by some nonfederal public employers (to my knowledge, a non-overlapping set.)
I’m sure most full time employees get Labor Day off actually. That’s the whole point of it actually.
See:
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-12-paid-holidays-at-Googl...
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-paid-holidays-at-Microsof...
https://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Facebook-Paid-Holidays-US...
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I know a UK google employee who is a new college grad and gets 5 weeks of vacation per year on top of 8 bank holidays. And their salary is higher than most US Google new grads. They are working at a US company, but at least they are still paying UK taxes and contributing to the UK economy.
I'd love to hear what sort of job a UK new grad would get at Google that would pay them more than their US equivalent. Every data point I've ever seen has shown Google UK employees are paid a lot less.
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15 is the bare minimum for USA tech companies. I've seen a few not so stellar places offer 10.
Maybe in the right subsections. But 10 days for the first 2-3 years is very common and many companies argue they need consistency across staff.. then others offer you more or infinite vacation then give you a manager from hell with absurd deadlines to make sure you don't take any. It's much nicer to live in a country with clear employment laws. (Particularly since not everyone around you will work in tech.)
Some companies BS on unlimited vacation, but I ignore those unless I trust them alot.
> According to the recruitment website Hired, the average tech salary in London is $78,000 a year, versus $142,000 in Silicon Valley. And this is one of the reasons for the brain drain that the mention before. Silicon Valley firms pay significantly more than the competition, and they are still paying almost half of what they do in the US. It isn't only about money, but it would be naive to deny it's impact on people'…
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Why are UK tech salaries so low compared to the US?
Aren't the high US salaries themselves extremely location-specific? It's more like CA/NY vs rest of world in terms of salaries.
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I am thinking about moving from US to London. So, I am curious to know why you prefer UK to US despite the salary gap. Also, do you know how does their healthcare compare?
For one, our healthcare is free. Though many companies still provide private healthcare as a benefit. Personally I agree with OP, I wouldn't want to live in the US either. Mainly because capitalism has been taken to an ugly extreme and you might get paid more but you also work more etc. Not to mention the tax and tips culture. Of course there are problems here too; it rains a lot more, and every conversation that goe…
> According to the recruitment website Hired, the average tech salary in London is $78,000 a year, versus $142,000 in Silicon Valley. And this is one of the reasons for the brain drain that the mention before. Silicon Valley firms pay significantly more than the competition, and they are still paying almost half of what they do in the US. It isn't only about money, but it would be naive to deny it's impact on people'…
people do not think about it rationally. The money you earn in SF is mostly not your money, its the landlord's money. You can work in London, live outside the M25, and have 35 minutes commute time, in a train, and pay reasonably normal rent/mortgage. I am not sure if you can live outside SF and work in SF and spend less than 4 hours commuting eveyday. I've just received two offers one for permie £100k and £700/day fo…
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3 weeks is common for USA tech companies now. What is it in the uk?
15 is the bare minimum for USA tech companies. I've seen a few not so stellar places offer 10.