I'm a Canadian citizen and wanted to move to dubai. What would you say is a par salary for me there. I'm a data scientist earning 150k CAD in Canada. In Data domain. My wife will also work(also in Data domain), but for now thinking of moving myself first. Based on my research- COL in Dubai - 25-35k ...Read more
I (US citizen) was offered an L6 PMT role, 170k base and 120k first year bonus. This is in Seattle. If I were to transfer to the AmazonJapan or Germany offices, my salary will probably be 100-120k USD base, but would my bonus (which is paid monthly) remain 120k? Or would that be adjusted downwards ...Read more
Google is forcing us to go back to the office starting in April. Need to look for Fully Remote companies with team members in San Francisco Bay Area that are hiring Product Leaders / Product Managers. Any suggestions? * What are your experiences working at the Fully Remote companies, like #brex, #in...Read more
I'm an international student (Indian citizen) studying CS at a Canadian university [Bachelors, 1st year] and I noticed that most of the CS majors from top Canadian unis (Waterloo, UBC etc) want to intern in the US and then move there to work full time after graduation. Since I am not a Canadian cit...Read more
I got a full-time job offer as a Senior Software Engineer from a small size company in downtown Toronto. Compensation is CAD 135k base + 10% annual bonus + 50 stock options (Company is private so I don't know what's the real value of stocks). Currently, I am working as a Principal Engineer with TC 1...Read more
h1b1 in blind always talking about how shit Canada is, shit weather, shit taxes, shit pay and honestly i'll be the first to admit it's true, Canada does suck in that regard, but what Canada doesn't suck in is the fair immigration system where anyone get can a PR and it's not based on ur nationality....Read more
Check up this system i designed and provide feedback. It is designed to promote competition and growth amongst citizens - 15% tax rate across the country. No local or state taxes - no welfare or feel good programs to prevent leechings - government salaries capped at 60k/yr - anyone allowed to come ...Read more
Hi all, I'm considering a move to either company (see offers below). One factor that has me worried right now is the state of the economy, and the potential for layoffs. I know that the first thing to go in a recession is travel which worries me about Airbnb. I realize Airbnb is a little more resil...Read more
European citizen considering an internal transfer to US from Europe. However, the fact that only my base would get adjusted really turns me off as my RSUs are 🥜 So at first I never considered this as highly likely, but recently I have the idea of moving to a lower cost area such as Atlanta. In tha...Read more
I am currently working in one of the FAANG’s with a TC ~525+. So far it’s going pretty well from career perspective and I am expecting a level bump by 2022. I have been approached by founders of a startup to join them as their first employee with ~170K salary and 5% equity. These founder have over 1...Read more
I'm working full time for my Canadian employer but looking at incorporating after I get my Canadian PR. I was wondering if there are folks here in Blind who are self employed and work as consultant for US companies, remotely. First, is this even possible? Can a US based company pay you salary or do...Read more
Just throwing this topic out there 1. Do you guys think L-1 visa employees aren't as fairly treated as their H-1B counterparts and GC/Citizens counterparts. The fact that they can't switch companies is a hurdle for them when it comes to negotiating their salaries, promotions, etc 2. How is your co...Read more
Hello All, I'm a Product Management Director with 20 years of experience. I have a start-up company interested in hiring me for 1099-MISC for ~10hrs a week at first. I'm trying to figure out what I should charge. I am a US citizen, so there are no immigration problems here. They want to hire me f...Read more
Taxes are eating away 30-40 % of my income. In India, as a citizen you getting nothing in return for paying such high taxes- roads are crap, government offices are filled with lazy a**holes. On the other hand business folks never pay taxes. How do you pull your self up while paying taxes ? Being sal...Read more
Working on multiple projects related to $$$ and had an opportunity to access company wide payroll data (salary etc) on daily basis from last 2 months. In few weeks while some doing some validation I discovered that I am highest paid in the team and my manager & my salary diff is mere 30k. Fumbled n...Read more
I am a frontend engineer. Got a quite solid offer from Apple but have a dilemma what to do next. Numbers are pretty high but it doesn't beat my salary at Amazon. To be more concise, there is only a 10% jump in TC in the first year (thanks to sign-on bonus), but in the following years it is at the sa...Read more
Hello All, I'm a Product Management Director with 20 years of experience. I have a start-up company interested in hiring me for 1099-MISC for ~10hrs a week at first. I'm trying to figure out what I should charge. I am a US citizen, so there are no immigration problems here. They want to hire me f...Read more
I currently live in the US and I applied to a bunch of roles at a company and got a ton of rejections except for one role, which is for the Paris office (tbh I’m not sure how that happened, but I am a dual US/EU citizen so it’s legally easy and possible). I didn’t even realize it was for the office...Read more
I am in Canada with a post-graduation work permit (I am allowed to work anywhere in any job in Canada). After graduation, I applied to a ton of jobs at Amazon. The application asks if I am a citizen of certain countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Syria). At first, I said yes, and all of my applic...Read more
I really want to hear from FB data scientists! For some reason, I think working at FB as a data scientist would be really great for me. I’m not happy with my current TC and don’t see a bright future for the disk drive industry. Also, there is literally no room to grow in my current organization. Cu...Read more