Started at FB London 5 months ago. E4, 22 y.o, 2 YOE, TC is just only 92k GBP (I'm on the lower bound for E4), city itself is crappy. Anyone from G Zurich can share their experience and TC for similar YOE?
92k is poverty level for a family of 4 in SF. What are you even doing in Europe
Zurich is a great place although you need to be in the right life stage to enjoy it.
Zurich is beautiful and in many ways the exact opposite of London (in a good way). AFAIK Google pay in Zurich is about the same as for US positions. But, the COL & taxes are higher so you’ll end up saving less than in the US. But if you want to stay in Europe Google Zurich is as good as it gets. Source: I have friends working in that office.
Thanks I was also thinking the same. I lived in Amsterdam for 9 months before London and now I start to realize how good Amsterdam was. I think Zurich is kinda even better than Amsterdam
COL & taxes are higher? Housing is a lot cheaper (you can rent a new nice 2br apartment in downtown for less than 3k) and afaik people there pay around 25% tax rate total, way lower than the ~40% I pay in CA. I'd double check your claims.
Pls dont make me even more depressed 😭 I already know my TC is crap and Im trying to cope with it
Transfer to FB in the US
How'd you get to E4 by 22?
What do you dislike about London?
Insanely dirty (like you have garbage on the streets and sidewalks in the city center), lots of homeless people
Move to SF, haha