while there are certainly some westerners who are overpaid, on average westerners have better experience and better education. on average they also have better soft skills - communication, task orientated, organizational, management, flexibility, etc.

this is my fourth year working outside the west. i work in finance. i have met plenty of accountants from developing countries who have an accounting degree from somewhere and who are technically proficient. but i would still say they are not great at their jobs because being a good accountant is not the same as being a good finance professional. many of them don't try to improve the processes at their work. many of them don't communicate well. many of them don't try to integrate themselves into the organization and educate non-finance people about how they fit into the whole, etc. etc. etc. many of them are happy to show up, go through the processes, and do nothing more.

to simply say you get more pay because of nationality is rubbish. of course there are exceptions but companies pay more for a reason. how can anyone seriously argue against this during these times of layoffs and downsizing? if the past decades have shown us anything it is that companies will do whatever it takes to improve profit. if they could get people from developing countries much cheaper to do the jobs they are paying westerners for, they would do it. if they are not doing it, then there is good reason (on average). anyone who disputes this does not understand how the world and business works (and one could argue that not understanding how the world and business works is one of the reasons they are making less money than others who do understand how the world and business works).

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