RE: [Algorithms] Game Developer Salary

[Stephen J B. <sj...@li...>]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Scott, John wrote:

> As an aside, if you want someone to stay loyal to your company, get a non US
> citizen. Brits are pretty good as they speak almost the same language. An
> employee under a visa is not going to move for anything less than a factor
> of 2 salary increase (or extreme unhappiness) because it is such a pain to
> get or renew a visa. They are also tied to the company, if you sack them,
> they have to return back to their country of origin.

Grrrr, grumble...complain.

Advice to any Brit who takes up this kind of a deal: Make sure you
get a good salary at day #1 because you won't see a pay raise until
you get your green card - and in some parts of the US, that's taking
6 years...also you are chained to that job - you really can't leave.

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