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And famously they're leaders on the location-based pay side of the remote pay argument (as opposed to the "we pay everyone based on the value they bring" side): https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensation...

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Another way of saying they'll never retain the best talent. At best they'll have "good" to mediocre. The best will move on.

If you're the best at your language/library/framework you'll always find better compensation than a company that normalizes compensation by locale.

There's plenty of top tier talent in cities across North America and Europe who can find remote employment at companies paying bay area rates.

Interesting, thanks for the link.

Median salary seems to be $170k according to Levels.fyi -> https://www.levels.fyi/company/GitLab/salaries/Software-Engi...

You can actually see their salary calculator here https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensation...

Are you able to actually use the calculator? You’ve linked the documentation page for it, but the actual tool seems restricted.

You can't see the calculator, but you can see most of the inputs - for this discussion, the factors that weigh on the location-based adjustments are here:

https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensation...

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