The company which gives you higher salary is a good company.

Not necessarily, many people will prefer lower salary but more benifits and a more welcoming workplace, rather than higher salary with dogshit conditions and people.

I have grown wary of companies that offer higher salaries than average. In my personal experience, and through some hearsay, I sadly have to regard it as a red flag that there’s something not quite right in there. Maybe they squeeze you and push you to the brink of burnout, maybe there’s something else that makes it a horrible place to work at. Or its just a sign of financial unsustainability. I wish this wasn’t so.

The company thay pays you higher salary is one or more of:

- a fintech company
- has a tax-efficient IP-ruling
- desperate to get your profile
- has a lot of legacy shit
- overestimates your market value
- actually recognizes your market value

Definitely not always true.