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by ramesh31 1820 days ago
> am I underpaid? I mean, will I be able to get a better salary if I find a better fit?

Definitely. I'm not sure where you're from, but if you're working for a US firm they should be paying you US wages. I could understand if you were just contracting out piece work, but a VP engineering salary should be double that minimum. The employment market is really hot right now, so just spend some time seeing what's out there.
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908B64B197 1820 days ago
> I'm not sure where you're from, but if you're working for a US firm they should be paying you US wages.

Some politicians abroad are bragging that their engineers are worth 50K less than the US in their sales pitch. [0]

[0] https://globalnews.ca/news/4178326/amazon-vancouver-tech-wor...

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opk 1820 days ago
> I'm not sure where you're from, but if you're working for a US firm they should be paying you US wages.

What? The only thing that counts is where you live and pay taxes. If in Europe $65K/€54K after tax is really very decent.

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emptysongglass 1820 days ago
Why? The company is US, they should pay you what they can bear to pay your peers in the US. SWEs are criminally underpaid in Europe. I should know, I am one. Most of my salary gets hoovered up before it reaches my pocket and the only "out" is paying a bucket load of my salary into a pension I can't enjoy until I'm almost dead.
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lupire 1820 days ago
OP got the ego title instead of pay.
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