One thing I find interesting about this story is how well hiring in Cape Town worked out for Amazon.
Many companies do not allow hiring in South Africa. And I don't mean the usual thing where companies are hesitant to hire their first employee in a country for tax reasons.
Many companies do not allow hiring in South Africa. And I don't mean the usual thing where companies are hesitant to hire their first employee in a country for tax reasons.
https://twitter.com/MarcJBrooker/status/1441470998553890816
I mean that, if you want to hire someone remote who's in South Africa, you'll get told that South Africa is on a list of countries to avoid (along with countries like North Korea) and you'll never be able to get that approved.
Ofc., that just means less competition for Amazon.
Ofc., that just means less competition for Amazon.
I've heard people talking about location-based hiring arbitrage for decades. It's paid off handsomely for a number of companies that have done it, and yet, it's still pretty rare today despite how many companies talk a big game on remote and international hiring.
Instead, companies will talk about it, but then only hire from a small list of countries and pay something like local rates there, which causes them to lose a disproportionately large fraction of strong employees to companies who pay competitively internationally (e.g., Stripe).
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