the salary of remote job depends heavily on the current location of the person
but if we took out rent from the equation what should a person be getting?
Ask HN: What a universal remote job salary should be?
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#2Interesting
and what if i work remotely from a poor country?
would i be subject to the same salary as them?
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#3I worked at a remote first company once, where EVERY developer in the team earned 150k USD. We had one person from Nigeria, a bunch from Austin and a few all over Europe!
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#4Interesting and what if i work remotely from a poor country? would i be subject to the same salary as them?
Yes. Products companies produce aren’t cheaper in say India or Mexico then they are in the US.. because they are valued at a certain dollar amount they deem fair.
Why should a human being be any different? A good engineer produces certain value, regardless of where they live
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#5Some studies suggest happiness per dollar salary peaks around $65k to $90k USD. So for an international corporation where obviously most people will have cheaper cost of living than the United States, that seems a good starting point. This is low for Silicon Valley salaries so it may dissuade those accommodated to salaries in that high range.
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#6A thing I never understood is, what happens if, let's say, I stay in a HCOL area until I am doing interviews (eg Switzerland) and then when hired I move back instantly to a LCOL area (eg Albania): what happens now to my salary? Do I get a cut just because I decided to move?
And what if I am a digital nomad and know I want to change nation in which I stay every x months?
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#7Some studies suggest happiness per dollar salary peaks around $65k to $90k USD. So for an international corporation where obviously most people will have cheaper cost of living than the United States, that seems a good starting point. This is low for Silicon Valley salaries so it may dissuade those accommodated to salaries in that high range.
For Los Angelrs such a happiness per dollar will only buy you homelessness when average rent is $4000 a month and suppose you have family obligations
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#8A thing I never understood is, what happens if, let's say, I stay in a HCOL area until I am doing interviews (eg Switzerland) and then when hired I move back instantly to a LCOL area (eg Albania): what happens now to my salary? Do I get a cut just because I decided to move? And what if I am a digital nomad and know I want to change nation in which I stay every x months?
Even if, why not just legally live of your uncle who has an apartment in San Francisco, while you defacto live in South Alabama.
With remote jobs I don't understand why someone living in a cheaper City should get less.
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#9Some studies suggest happiness per dollar salary peaks around $65k to $90k USD. So for an international corporation where obviously most people will have cheaper cost of living than the United States, that seems a good starting point. This is low for Silicon Valley salaries so it may dissuade those accommodated to salaries in that high range.
This isn't how any of this works. You're completely ignoring the rest of the job market. "It may dissuade" - no, you're moving your operations abroad with extra steps.
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#10Interesting and what if i work remotely from a poor country? would i be subject to the same salary as them?
Yes. Products companies produce aren’t cheaper in say India or Mexico then they are in the US.. because they are valued at a certain dollar amount they deem fair. Why should a human being be any different? A good engineer produces certain value, regardless of where they live
Because it isn't about the value you produce and it never has been. It's about your and your company's positions in the rest of the labour market. The people who are wishing for globally universal remote salaries are joining a sad race to the bottom.