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Mike and Bill said:
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> > > Try getting that kind of a raise in the US!! Here, once you
> > approach 2X
> > > entry-level salary, you become layoff bait.
> >
> > Not true in all cases, Mike. Only in companies that don't care about
> > their employees (and why would you work in such an environment
> > anyway).
>
> Then those Indian companies must really, really care about their
> employees. To match salary progression of the India survey, salary
> after 10 years would have to be > $200K in the US.
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Surely it's more a case that entry-level IT staff in India get salaries
much closer to a normal Indian wage, rather than experienced staff
being "cared for" especially -- they're still paid a lot less than they
would be in the West. Such large salary discrepencies are to be
expected when a developing country is industrialising, but are not
really sustainable in the longer term.
Try getting a new graduate to work for five thousand dollars a year in
the US or Europe; they won't because they can get more than that
stacking shelves at Walmart. On the other hand experienced tech
writers aren't worth $200k, 'cos no-on in their right minds is gonna
pay that much as they don't need to.
Christopher Gooch, Technical Author
LightWork Design, Sheffield, UK.
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