<story><title>Employers will do almost anything to find workers except pay them more</title><url>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-employment-20180710-story.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Waterluvian</author><text>I worked for a Canadian company that&amp;#x27;s absolutely hemmoraging talent because they refuse to pay well. I&amp;#x27;m now paid about 50% more to work remotely for a US company in an environment that is far far more fitting of my life goals of being with my kids as they grow up.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s beyond bizarre to watch them continue to refuse to pay anyone properly despite their imminent collapse.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eloff</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s bizarre. Even Amazon Seattle pays 2x the salaries of Amazon Vancouver, even although they are separated by only 200km and are the same company! I ask every Canadian developer I meet, why are you still here? I like living in Canada, so I work remotely even although I don&amp;#x27;t really like remote work. Instant 70% raise.</text></comment>
<story><title>Employers will do almost anything to find workers except pay them more</title><url>http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-employment-20180710-story.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Waterluvian</author><text>I worked for a Canadian company that&amp;#x27;s absolutely hemmoraging talent because they refuse to pay well. I&amp;#x27;m now paid about 50% more to work remotely for a US company in an environment that is far far more fitting of my life goals of being with my kids as they grow up.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s beyond bizarre to watch them continue to refuse to pay anyone properly despite their imminent collapse.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maxerickson</author><text>Are they selling into a market that pays enough for them to raise wages?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not defending them there, just wondering if the imminent part of the collapse might be external.</text></comment>