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Google layoffs: The company plans to set up a new team in Munich, Germany which would act as "cheaper" labour, the report claimed.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/levels/senior/locations/san-francisco-bay-area

vs

https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/levels/senior/locations/munich-metro-region

Even if you assume that additional labour costs are a bit higher in Germany, there's no way on earth that it could explain the difference of the Bay Area-median being over 3 times higher.