[Ruarl]

My company had a similar policy. The rate of people leaving went up and up. Eventually a new senior leader go HR to do their maths properly, and the “ranges” for many salaries increased by 30-70%. And everyone got increases to match. We’re still nowhere near the US mega-salaries, but the company is entirely unique, which is good enough for a lot of us.

[scarface_74]

Don’t let the HN bubble fool you. Most of the 2.7 million developers in the US are making between $80K-$170K in most major cities outside of the west coast.

[magicpin]

That low end of 80k is still higher than even most EU countries.

[scarface_74]

But your health care system isn’t asinine, you have worker protections, paid maternity/paternity leave and a social safety net.

We don’t.