Vancouver-based social media exec 로쉘 그레이슨 — an expat who’s lived in Germany and the U.S. as well as in Canada — recently blogged about what she called “밴쿠버의 도전 비즈니스 환경.”

She argues that “Vancouver lacks the senior management talent and financing/investment ecosystems to reach its full potential” as a truly global city. And part of the problem, 그녀는 글을 쓴다, are salary and compensation packages.

Despite Vancouver’s increasing cost of living — particularly the cost of housing — Grayson says that salaries for ambitious business people are not keeping pace.

Describing her personal job-hunting experiences, 그녀는 글을 쓴다, “I do understand that 밴쿠버는 뉴욕 아닙니다, 샌프란 시스코 또는 토론토, but why am I consistently presented with compensation packages that equate to what I earned 10 ë…„ ì „?! …동시에, I’m being heavily courted by companies in other cities 그것이다 offering packages that are 2-3 times higher.”

어쩌면 Vancouver is such a desirable place to live (에 2010, 밴쿠버는 다시 얹은 The Economist’s list of the world’s most liveable cities) that companies feel that they don’t have to pay high salaries to attract people to or keep them in the area.

And as some people who commented on Grayson’s post wrote, maybe being able to knock off work early to go sailing or skiing or golfing is its own reward.

어떻게 생각하세요? Did you take a salary cut to live and work in Vancouver? Do you think salaries in Vancouver are competitive with those in other Canadian cities? Is living in Vancouver a lifestyle choice that’s worth more than money?

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