[nivenkos]

Hmm I wonder how they did the TC though since the value of stock has absolutely plummeted now.

On salary I'm well below the median value here despite being a senior engineer at a large international company, in a department that pays slightly higher on average.

Salaries in Europe are pitiful nevertheless, and then you've gotta add the 40% income tax and 25% VAT too :(

[leppr]

Are they really that pitiful compared to the global average? I think that in the English-speaking tech sphere we are just too inclined to compare to the US. But compared to the rest of the world, and outside of a few small low-tax hubs (Singapore, UAE, etc), they're quite in line with the rest of the job market.

(I do think we're getting fleeced in absolute terms, but that's nothing specific to the tech industry)

[nivenkos]

Kinda, the benefit in the UAE is that the taxes are lower, but it's really company-dependent since you have fewer worker protections. I turned down a job offer there because it's so far away, so if you lost the job (see recent layoffs), it'd be a nightmare.

But Australia and Canada both have slightly better salaries too (just not US-level).

[jahnu]

Don’t feel bad about tax. With that tax you (probably) get a well functioning society.

[nivenkos]

Hardly, there are huge issues with public healthcare access, public pensions (if they even exist when we retire - if we can ever retire), crime-ridden public transport, etc.

Our governments sold us out to become an open-air refugee centre and museum for the US. Crushing wages and trade unions with huge amounts of cheap labour, and abandoning the working class.