[fweespeech]

Has anyone noticed the salaries for some of these companies is a bit low and it seems some of them are doing it as labor market arbitrage? [e.g. A European company hiring a Brazilian developer for ~10k Euros less than they would hire a European ]

I see alot of them offering $40k-$50k salaries for positions than [in any metro area in the US or Europe] would be $70-80k for similar qualifications/experience.

I'm not saying its wrong, I'm just saying Toggl would be a 40% paycut at the top end and I don't live in Silicon Valley or NYC.

[natefinch]

FWIW, I work for Canonical, which is also all remote work, and I got a reasonably big pay bump compared to my last job at an office. Yes, of course someone in Argentina is going to get paid differently than someone in New York City. I don't know how it works at other companies, but at Canonical, you're paid a competitive salary for companies in your area. So, for me, that means companies in the Boston area. I certainly didn't take a pay cut to work remotely. Obviously, what you get paid is different from company to company, but I doubt many companies would be successful in hiring quality engineers if they didn't pay as well as office jobs. Remote work is definitely a big plus, but at the end of the day, it doesn't pay the bills (it does save some money though - I don't need to get a $250 monthly train pass or pay gas/parking etc).

[fweespeech]

Yeah, its why I said "some".

Buffer, Canonical, and probably about half pay competitive rates for most of the US/Europe. The other half want to pay below $50k USD for engineers and that just isn't worth doing for anyone with 5+ years of experience and/or college degree.