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aianus on July 6, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices

More likely the German engineers cost half as much as the New York ones. No health insurance and much lower CoL and market rates.

scott_karana on July 7, 2017 [–]

I think you're probably right about overall cost, but just a note: German employers do pay into the health insurance pools, too.

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