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Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Seems like something that WFH would solve without having to upend so many employee lives.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not cheaper at all, actually. They only discuss income tax when folks claim that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Austin is cheaper than San Diego, even excluding taxes:

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=United+States&city1=Austin%2C+TX&city2=San+Diego%2C+CA

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Also, the topic was taxes, not cost of living. But it is understandable that when folks can't justify their bias they simply shift the goal posts.

Pay is higher in CA so that isn't the smug data point you thought it was.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The topic was cost of living. Then someone mentioned it AND taxes. Then this person replied to the cost of living part.

Seems weird to read this conversation and see the claim bias and goalpost moving. They very clearly are not shifting anything.

Also you're making a pretty wild assumption that by stating facts with evidence that they're "biased". Don't be that guy/girl. I hate it when conservatives do that too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nope it is Taxes for the Company. The Company cares not one whit for the CoL of their Employees except when it affects the quality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I see that you're shifting goalposts, neat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Average monthly salary in the cities is listed at the bottom of that link I gave. The two cities differ in monthly salary by $14 dollars on average, per the available data. Those same submissions show that the cost of living is ~20% higher in San Diego than Austin.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not relevant as the topic is IT at Apple and not folks at McDonalds as well as being about Taxes for the Company. The Company cares not one whit for the CoL of their Employees except when it affects the quality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's relevant since the topic was cost of living. If you're going to try to talk to people, try to keep up with the conversation.