I'm a Canadian working for a US FAANMG company, and I've been based out of both their Canadian and European offices.
I make way more in Vancouver than my peers in ANY European office (which include Zurich, London, Berlin)
And those places are more expensive than Vancouver (not counting buying real estate which is not relevant to me as a renter)
But of course I'm keenly aware that I'd make 30% more in Seattle, and 50% more in Silicon Valley.
Does it bother me? Not really. I've been to those places and I would take the lifestyle quality of both Vancouver and Canada over any part of the US. Plus these days, I don't see a way of living in the US, and not feeling complicit in all the evils of the country. Not without radical participation in trying to destroy the system from within.
And despite what people say about the similarity in work culture, it's more reasonable in Canada from sick leave to vacation, to day-to-day expectations of work-life balance.
I'm a Canadian working for a US FAANMG company, and I've been based out of both their Canadian and European offices.
I make way more in Vancouver than my peers in ANY European office (which include Zurich, London, Berlin)
And those places are more expensive than Vancouver (not counting buying real estate which is not relevant to me as a renter)
But of course I'm keenly aware that I'd make 30% more in Seattle, and 50% more in Silicon Valley.
Does it bother me? Not really. I've been to those places and I would take the lifestyle quality of both Vancouver and Canada over any part of the US. Plus these days, I don't see a way of living in the US, and not feeling complicit in all the evils of the country. Not without radical participation in trying to destroy the system from within.
And despite what people say about the similarity in work culture, it's more reasonable in Canada from sick leave to vacation, to day-to-day expectations of work-life balance.