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qhat posted:Yes this is possible, and is something I’ve personally experienced, but it’s still no reason to discuss compensation at the beginning stages of the process. My observation has been that software developer compensation has become bimodal. You need to filter out if this company is one of the holdouts that is way under market, or it just wastes everyones time.
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My favourite was when I went back to work for a few months at my old company as a contractor after the parent company asked me to, the head of IT at the parent company agreed a wage with me and then the HR department of my old company (who weren't even paying for me, it came out of the parent company's budget) lowered the agreed wage without telling me or the parent company as 'it wasn't in line with other IT members' Like no poo poo, I'm contacting, not permanent. Got reversed pretty quickly but still, they weren't even paying for me and we're still being misers
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Twerk from Home posted:My observation has been that software developer compensation has become bimodal. You need to filter out if this company is one of the holdouts that is way under market, or it just wastes everyones time. The Canadian market is incredibly bimodal because historically Canadian tech people were insanely underpaid compared to the US, and most HR departments don't see a need to change that if the can hire people to work in Canada, sometimes by hiring abroad and locating them there. Some newer companies aren't clinging desperately to old salary numbers. My old boss jumped ship to Amazon and his reasoning was simple: yes, I will work longer hours there, but their pre-bonus salary is nearly double my post-bonus compensation here, because they pay Canadians what they pay Americans to be competitive. I'm not quite yet in the position to see salaries of people whom I'm a tech lead for, but I've already steeled myself for learning the American members of my team who report to me all make more than me.
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Twerk from Home posted:My observation has been that software developer compensation has become bimodal. You need to filter out if this company is one of the holdouts that is way under market, or it just wastes everyones time. This is true but nine times out of ten you can glean that information from Glassdoor. Even if you can’t and you have no idea, it’s still better to take a chance and not lock in salary expectations at the beginning when you have no idea what kind of a shitshow you’ll be walking into. At any rate it’s only wasting the time that you probably stole from your current job by ducking out “sick”.
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Can confirm I got a 10%+ bump to base this year (SW), definitely hope you find what you’re looking for Cold on a cob. (I still feel priced out of Van/Vic lol, actually haven’t been looking for the past month at all.) stillvisions posted:I've already steeled myself for learning the American members of my team who report to me all make more than me.
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qhat posted:This is true but nine times out of ten you can glean that information from Glassdoor. Even if you can’t and you have no idea, it’s still better to take a chance and not lock in salary expectations at the beginning when you have no idea what kind of a shitshow you’ll be walking into. At any rate it’s only wasting the time that you probably stole from your current job by ducking out “sick”. once you get to a certain level interviewing takes hours of pretty intense interviews over multiple days. why would you ever want to subject yourself to that without first agreeing on a framework for compensation? i refuse to do more than a brief (one hour or less) intro meeting before we discuss comp. then i'll jump through whatever hoops you want
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kaom posted:Can confirm I got a 10%+ bump to base this year (SW), definitely hope you find what you’re looking for Cold on a cob. Yeah I am having salary chat with my boss soon. I’d rather stay where I am if I can.
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Someone that can WFH buy this. It's dope. Pirates Lane! https://www.rew.ca/properties/3283327/111-pirates-lane-protection-island-bc  quote:This quaint cabin is located on Protection Island, a short ferry ride from downtown Nanaimo. The floor plan has a studio style design with an open living area. In addition there is a four piece bathroom and two other rooms flexible in their use. A grassy backyard is surrounded by trees for privacy. Protection Island has City of Nanaimo water and services. Seaplanes from Nanaimo Harbour allow for easy access from Vancouver and Victoria. All data and measurements are approximate and must be verified if fundamental. (This would totally be like $30k on one of those southern usa home flip shows) Femtosecond fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Apr 26, 2021 |
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Femtosecond posted:Someone that can WFH buy this. It's dope. It's kind of my dream house, lol. I work out of town so it would be perfect.
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drat that looks nice. I'm honestly tempted. The idea is probably more attractive than the reality though. How did you come across it? edit: This is close to both where my parents are and where my wife's parents will end up retiring. hmmmm odiv fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Apr 26, 2021 |
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Apr 26, 2021 18:02
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There are always cool and affordable homes for sale on protection island. I wish it had more than a foot traffic ferry to get to it.
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my friend's sister lives on protection island and commutes to her job in the city by kayak, or sometimes a tub with a small outboard motor. i'm sure it's kind of unpleasant sometimes but sounds like a pretty sweet life.
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For people who can WFH, the coast definitely has some good spots. Cost goes down as remote-ness goes up (naturally), so gibsons/sechelt is like 2015 Burnaby prices, and Powell River is a ways before that. Anything with two ferries to Vancouver gets quite inexpensive, especially if it's a small island with lots that need septic systems like Protection. We're currently looking around the lower island and up the coast for places and the prices are wildly volatile. Basically everywhere is beautiful though, which is nice!
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gently caress, now I'm looking up different prices in the area. Why did you do this to me?
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What kind of internet service do they get on these islands?
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odiv posted:drat that looks nice. I'm honestly tempted. Browsing weird far flung edges of BC real estate on my phone while watching garbage tv is an activity that has grown to fill the pandemic induced void.
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Bought a house. Economy can start crashing now. You're all welcome.
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Yes I think it might be time to retreat from society and live in that shack, thank you.
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Getting any work done on Protection Island looks like it would be a pain and a half. Also, my wife has MS so something slightly more accessible is probably in the cards if we were ever to do something like get a vacation/retirement property to transition into. Still, it was nice to dream for a bit, thanks for posting it.
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Ah! In Le Devoir today, a story about a 22 year old landlord/flipper (let's call him a fliplord) who signed a lease with a woman for 1100$ or so on a 3.5 (a one-bedroom) in a central neighbourhood of Montreal. As I've said previously in this thread, you can contest the amount of a signed lease after signature. She did initiate this, as she learned he'd raised the rent by over 400$ since the previous tenant. While this was getting litigated, she moved in some furniture, painted, etc. When she came to continue work on the apartment last week, (a move-in date of May 1st) she found other tenants had moved in. The fliplord now claims he had mistakenly signed two leases on this apartment, and that the people who are now moved in in fact signed first. Impossible to prove this is false, so long as both the new tenant and landlord agree to fictively backdate the lease contract. Still hasn't gotten her furniture back. Wonderful. https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/599587/logement-interdite-d-acces-avant-meme-d-emmenager
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Yeah I dunno -- that sounds like an open and shut court case. "Oops I accidentally signed contracts with two different people for the same thing" does not sound like much of a legal defence. But yeah as an added bonus, the woman in question has a Lao name, so there's probably a side of racism thrown in.
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Jam Band Death Cult posted:Ah! Ridiculous obvious lies on their part of the fliplord aside, fliplord effectively broke the lease so she should receive the full value of the lease as well as her furniture back. I really, really want to know how this plays out. Also the other tenant should automatically get their rent reduced too since they may honestly have been acting in good faith.
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Cold on a Cob posted:Ridiculous obvious lies on their part of the fliplord aside, fliplord effectively broke the lease so she should receive the full value of the lease as well as her furniture back. I really, really want to know how this plays out. My favourite part of this story is that the fliplord claims to be a renter himself. Oh, and the locks have been changed.
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How can you 'accidentally' sign 2 leases - there is no way that should stand up in court
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Cold on a Cob posted:Ridiculous obvious lies on their part of the fliplord aside, fliplord effectively broke the lease so she should receive the full value of the lease as well as her furniture back. I really, really want to know how this plays out. I can easily see "the other tenant" to be a friend of the fliplord helping them raise the rent and not one that actually plans to live there. Just a "3rd party" tenant who signed an earlier lease than Mar 30 and totally isn't getting any kickback from the fliplord. It's still a cold solace to Paramita who has to find another place to live, and possibly pay twice for movers. The punishment probably isn't going to even be that severe for the fliplord, if there is even any for breach of contract.
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That said, I did read it and go "$650 a month for a 3.5 bedroom?" Even a lovely one in Vancouver would cost three to four times that much to rent.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:That said, I did read it and go "$650 a month for a 3.5 bedroom?" Even a lovely one in Vancouver would cost three to four times that much to rent. It's not bedrooms, it's rooms - french/quebec thing at least, maybe more of the world (? - a quick google said also Switzerland) So, 3.5 is bedroom, kitchen, living room, bathroom (the .5). A 2br apartment is a 4.5, etc.
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Chillyrabbit posted:I can easily see "the other tenant" to be a friend of the fliplord helping them raise the rent and not one that actually plans to live there. Just a "3rd party" tenant who signed an earlier lease than Mar 30 and totally isn't getting any kickback from the fliplord. If it's not a friend I'd like to know how that went down. "Oh, what's the date today again?" "Actually uhhh could you sign it five weeks earlier." "How come?" "To... help me out of a jam?"
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Slid into one of those walk-in vaccination clinics in metro Vancouver yesterday and got the AZ shot. Had to wait 3 hours in line in the cold (it was at night) but gently caress it I got mine. In other news, NIMBYs complaining about people waiting for a vaccination parking on their street: https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/huge-line-ups-parking-a-complete-mess-as-port-coquitlam-residents-flock-to-drop-in-clinic-3670649
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the talent deficit posted:i don't think it's a bubble either. it's just unprecedented access to cheap credit, a lack of viable alternatives for investment and constrained supply. they literally aren't building more houses in places people actually want to work and live so it's only going to get worse from here I mean yeah. It's clear that the government of ontario for example isn't interested in investing enough into health, housing, transit, infrastructure to adequately meet the needs of the existing population in the GTA, let alone whatever the growth in the next few years is going to be, so I really don't see what the point of staying here. Services are just going to get worse.
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https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/599657/investissement-apprendre-a-flairer-les-gains Also this article from today is in perfect cultural continuity with the fliplord story above, though this reporting is a little more unselfconscious. I've Google-translated it, but those of you who read French can hit the link above. quote:
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https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/good-lu...0-600-1.5406952quote:MONTREAL -- Quebec opposition party Quebec Solidare (QS) is calling out CAQ Premier Francois Legault for being out of touch with what the actual cost of rent is in the province he governs, particularly in its largest city, after the premier suggested rent in Montreal is between $500 and $600.
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Lmfao. $600 for rent. Lmfao. The dream.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/SteveSaretsky/status/1387854487918813186 Steve Saretsky really is going full nutjob on crypto recently. His Twitter is getting really difficult to read.
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qhat posted:Lmfao. $600 for rent. I mean, let's be real "FRAPRU says the average rent for a studio apartment in Montreal is $702, while a three-bedroom and up is $1,112." is also a dream throughout almost all of Ontario. I live on Georgian Bay and rent starts around here at $1250 for shithole 1 bedroom.
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midge posted:I mean, let's be real "FRAPRU says the average rent for a studio apartment in Montreal is $702, while a three-bedroom and up is $1,112." is also a dream throughout almost all of Ontario. I live on Georgian Bay and rent starts around here at $1250 for shithole 1 bedroom. Is that so? Because rentals.ca lists the average rent for a 1 bed in Montreal at $1412. Source: https://rentals.ca/national-rent-report I think what that organization is saying, whoever they are, is bullshit also.
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midge posted:I mean, let's be real "FRAPRU says the average rent for a studio apartment in Montreal is $702, while a three-bedroom and up is $1,112." is also a dream throughout almost all of Ontario. I live on Georgian Bay and rent starts around here at $1250 for shithole 1 bedroom. But shithole one-bedrooms were the hottest trend a few years ago; what happened?
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qhat posted:Is that so? Because rentals.ca lists the average rent for a 1 bed in Montreal at $1412. That's more like it, gently caress em all! So not only is their leader out of touch, but self appointed urban planning groups are also out of it. Sounds about right!
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qhat posted:Is that so? Because rentals.ca lists the average rent for a 1 bed in Montreal at $1412. I dunno - rentals.ca has always seemed overinflated by at least 50% compared to what I see on Craigslist, at least for Vancouver.
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