I am a Chinese googler and i have a simple question for all of you guys : will you guys consider relocate to China if the compensation stayed unchanged or even higher ? before you rush to a hell no , consider the following facts : 1. china has some big names (like Alibaba , Tencent , ByteDance etc.) that can offer highly competitive compensations comparable to FAANG, (e.g. alibaba can offer 300k USD for a L5 Googler) considering that living cost in china is much much lower compared to us , this could be a pretty sweet deal . (actually beside China and US, no other countries can offer comparable compensation , european and japanese companies can at most match 1/3 of your current comp) 2. food and entertainment can match the level of NYC or maybe even higher (search for the life in China on youtube) 3. it's much much more secure to reside in major cities in China, you don't need to worry about any kind of violence . (don't believe my words ?? again search on youtube or quora ~) 4. you also don't need to pay premium for medical care and kid's education, China's medical and educational systems are extremely cheap and highly reliable. 5. most importantly for the singles : Chinese ladies are easily attracted to western dudes, you can live like an Emperor in China . bad thing about China : Chinese IT companies have bad WLB but they are gradually changing it.
Chinese Googler here. Hell yea! I will.
Enjoy not having access to Google 😅😂
Yup. Money goes further meaning I essentially make more with lower cost of living. Have no intention of buying a house so real estate prices don't matter to me.
Remember 996 is a norm in China. So instead of 40 h/week you’ll do 72 h/week. If your Chinese TC is 1.8 times higher than google, then why not? But I highly doubt they can even match it.
Nah it’s not higher . It’s comparable , a little bit lower comparable to FAANG , but living cost much much lower .
So comparable TC except work twice as much?
If the work week is 40 hours long, I would. Save up some money due to the lower cost of living, explore Asia on weekends and vacations and leave after a few years
Freedom isn’t free. China is cheap, because the local economy factors in the lack of liberty.
Nah. I like freedom.
I’ve been to China and it’s pretty free. But if you enjoy making fun of the president, definitely don’t go to China.
I feel like you misunderstand what “free” means
I would guess it makes sense for Chinese folks. Otherwise, China is governed by communist party. If they didn't impose much restrictions for last 30 years, while China was expanding, it doesn't mean that things will stay the same indefinitely. I'm not even sure how easy it would be to transfer savings from China just in case.
Lol no way. Im joining Google in december and even if i was offered 10x my comp there is 0 chance of me moving to China. Right now its the uyghur muslims being put into concentration camps. Soon it will be other muslims, then jews like me, and then Christians. I cant believe the world is standing idly by while China is basically Hitler's germany v2
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Nah I like clean air
China’s air quality is not as sweet as us , but we do have cleaner water , we can safely drink any tap water without any kind of filtering .
That’s cool. I drink out of my tap too. I’d take a paycut to live in Tokyo our Japan in general.