[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Eur...
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       Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Europe as it is in
       the US??
        
       How different is it to work for a big tech company in Europe
       compared to the US? Are FAANG jobs really that different compared
       to the rest of opportunities people have in Europe (in the same way
       that they are in the US)?
        
       Author : st1x7
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2021-01-09 21:14 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | BazookaMusic wrote:
       | Working at a FAANG in northern Europe. I'm originally from Greece
       | and can say that they're a very nice opportunity because they
       | usually offer nice relocation packages and are looking for
       | International candidates.
       | 
       | Also depending on the product, it is possible to move to US
       | positions if you'd like, so there's that.
       | 
       | One of the best pros of working in a FAANG in Europe though is
       | that for some countries, the companies inherit the culture. In my
       | case, the country has an excellent work life balance culture.
       | This has caused quite a few employees who moved to a US based
       | product and then returned here, escaping the much worse working
       | conditions in comparison. The only takeaway is that the
       | compensation is much lower than the US, but this is largely due
       | to the extremely higher taxes.
        
       | jakub_g wrote:
       | I don't work at FAANG but from knowing the EU market from friends
       | and public data on Twitter, salaries in (non-FAANG) US companies
       | like Uber, Yelp, Datadog are mostly not achievable in other
       | companies for individual contributors, due to stock grants and
       | general huge pile of VC cash the US companies have.
        
       | m1 wrote:
       | Just my opinion from the circles I hang around in, in terms of
       | tech sector - not particularly a huge deal to work for a FAANG
       | company, it's mostly just like working for any another company.
        
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