I just need to vent a little.
I work for a US-based company from another country, at a call centre. It’s absolutely fine, not the soul-crushing hell that call centre jobs usually are. No AHT, no goals to meet, not a lot of calls. I’ve genuinely liked working here for the past two months.
However. I made the mistake of checking what our US-based colleagues are getting paid. Now, to be fair, I’ve never expected to be paid the same amount, I understand that the cost of living is significantly lower for us, etc. But Jesus Christ. Without mentioning concrete numbers — my US colleagues make about 200% more than the average for the same position.
I make a little more than minimum wage.
Like, if they paid us 200% more than the minimum wage in my country, they’d still be saving an exorbitant amount of money on us.
It’s very hard to stay motivated when you’re faced without just how little you’re valued in the work your entire team does.
I still like this job and it’s a very good catch considering my other options, and my pay is OK because minimum wage is a living wage here (-ish, of course, if you don’t have family and have a roommate but whatever), but I can’t help but feel offended. I’m not amazing at my job, but neither are all of my US colleagues.
Anyway, this is all, thank you for coming to my TED talk.