r/cscareerquestionsCAD • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

Late Career Lowballed at offer, now left alone holding the fort

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u/theoreoman 2d ago

If you think your worth more ask for it and!/or start looking for another position

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u/PopularMission8727 2d ago

Honestly this, only offer and demand will tell how much you are worth. Don’t care about how you “look” just look for other offers. If they trully lowballed you, f them. Big companies would pay a lot more for such experience if you are worth being hired to them.

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u/strangeanswers 2d ago

they pay you 180k and you’re staying and working your ass off, why would they pay 100k extra?

if you’re truly worth more, prove it. get an offer and get out of there.

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u/Zulban 2d ago

Ask for a raise. Look for another job. This is pretty simple stuff. 

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u/reformedlion 2d ago

Well there’s no need to be doing “260k” worth of work whatever that means. Not sure if you’re talking about an increase in your workload within the same time span. Not like they can fire you if you’re truly the only one “holding the fort down”. You have all the leverage. Go find another job in the meantime

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u/---Imperator--- 1d ago

Find another company. I would recommend looking for a US tech company. Under 200k TC for 15 YoE and a PhD is an insane lowball.

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u/TropicalBound111 1d ago

What are the best places to find roles with US tech companies that pay great salaries for Canadians? LinkedIn? Indeed? Or…?

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u/---Imperator--- 1d ago

You can look through LinkedIn, compile a list of US tech firms you want to apply to, and then apply directly from each company's career page

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u/TropicalBound111 1d ago

I see! Do you know if there are US-based roles that are willing to pay Canadians that work remotely from Canada? Or is it a very low chance? Do US companies typically prioritise local (US-based) applicants?

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u/---Imperator--- 1d ago

Those are probably rare, but there are quite a few US-based firms with registered offices in Canada and are willing to hire Canadians. Such as Amazon, Google, Stripe, Robinhood, Affirm, Instacart, etc.

Those can definitely pay upwards of $350k - 400k, if not more, for your experience and degree.

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u/TropicalBound111 1d ago

Wow! Those numbers you mentioned, while not as high as US standards, are still very decent for Canada, I think 😮

I know of at least 2 (Canadian) gynaecologists in my circle, who each makes CAD 400k annually…..and that’s with super expensive and ultra hard / ultra stressful / ultra long medical schooling + a few years of experience + extremely long shifts. Seems that tech workers with those salaries are relatively “luckier” compared to those high-earning medical professionals…

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u/---Imperator--- 1d ago

I mean, I work at one of these tech firms and am on-track to make over 200k this year as a Junior SWE with 1 YoE. So yeah, they definitely pay well. Slightly lower than the pay for equivalent positions in the US, but still very good

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u/zerocoldx911 2d ago

Ask your manager next meeting or performance review cycle, or it’s time to move on

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u/void_main01 1d ago

15 yoe + PhD and you need a bunch of randoms on a subreddit to tell you how to navigate your career?

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u/JCnut 2d ago

Tell them to hire me for 70k! I'll help out!

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u/jesuisapprenant 2d ago

Find another job then

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u/Theonewhoknows000 2d ago

Oh Its WFH is why you want it.

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u/daredeviloper 1d ago

The only time I was offered to match a salary is if I had a competing offer. 

By that time I was already pissed and leaving. 

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u/frosty5689 1d ago

What PhD helps with devops and linux work?