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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I would be interested to know what they are paying. I live in eastern Ontario and work for a US company. I generally won't even talk to Canadian companies because they offer less than half what I'm making now. I've been ghosted by head hunters working in Canada as soon as I tell them my compensation expectations. I told one that the company wasn't going to be ably to hire even an entry level sales engineer for what they were offering for a senior position.

If Canadian companies want to recruit actual top talent they need to double what they are offering st an opening negotiating position in terms of compensation.

[–] Johnnypneumoniac@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Yes, but, money isn't everything. I once left a high paying job in the US to come back to Canada, get paid less, and be way happier.

Working for a US company and living in Canada is a good way to go, but is harder to swing if you are not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

Plus it sounds like the people they're talking about in this scenario may have their H1-B revoked and they wouldn't have a job or a visa to stay in the US at all. Canada, even with a lower paying job seems like a good option.

[–] rms1990@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lower pay doesn't work for everyone if theycan'tt pay their bills

[–] Johnnypneumoniac@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

I understand where you're coming from, but we're taking about having a really high paying job in the US or a high paying job in Canada. The types of jobs getting H1-B visas are high paying tech jobs.

Things are also more expensive than you might think in the US. And there always seems to be a lot of social pressure to spend more money in the US - more so than Canada in my experience. So in a lot of ways, you could be better off in some places even if you have a lower paying job.

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