[notsag-hn]

Living in a poor country shouldn't be a reason to get a low rate. But this is really common, mostly because companies look for people in third-world countries to get the same level of employees waaay cheaper. I'm from Uruguay and have had interviewers thinking they're doing me a favor for extending me an offer in USD, even if it's ridiculously low for my experience. In the end it depends on how the potential employee negotiates their salary

[g3rv4]

ha, I'm also from Uruguay. A couple months ago I received 3 offers. One of them explained their offer was "the salary from Philadelphia adjusted to the local market". The other two offers where comparable to what I've been making (similar to a US salary). I didn't go for the "local-market adjusted" one.

The only thing they're doing is missing on some talent, but that could be ok for them.

[g3rv4]

Also: nice to see you here as well, this is a small scene :P it took me a bit to recognize you!

[notsag-hn]

hahha no waaay who are you?

[muzani]

I live in Malaysia. I'm getting paid USD24k annually right now. If someone wants to offer USD40k, I'd take it right away even if it's the lower end of the US standard rates.

At some point, you're competing with other remote offers though.

[notsag-hn]

Totally, and probably from there it would be easier to find a 60-70k job. That's why I think assuming people from "poor countries" will be necessarily cheaper is a huge misconception

[brokenkebab]

In most countries to hire a remote foreigner requires to jump over some legal, and accounting complications. So yes, they do it because they want to find a cheaper deal abroad. It's pretty much the only reason why it makes sense for them, besides searching for very rare skills. And there's nothing wrong with it. Nobody is prohibited to try to negotiate the same rate as in an expensive city in US, and good for you if your qualifications allow you to have success with it, but in most cases it means a company would be better hiring a US employee instead of outsourcing.

[notsag-hn]

Sometimes it's not just about finding people that work for less money, it's because they know there's also talent out there. Even for companies that pay good salaries it's very hard to hire local senior-ish engineers, most of them already have a job, so they have to hire somewhere else.