Vancouver-based social media exec रोशेल ग्रेसन — an expat who’s lived in Germany and the U.S. as well as in Canada — recently blogged about what she called “वैंकूवर के चुनौतीपूर्ण कारोबारी माहौल.”

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, वह लिखता है, 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, वह लिखता है, “I do understand that वैंकूवर न्यूयॉर्क नहीं है, सैन फ्रांसिस्को या टोरंटो, but why am I consistently presented with compensation packages that equate to what I earned 10 वर्ष पहले?! …एक ही समय में, I’m being heavily courted by companies in other cities कर रहे हैं कि offering packages that are 2-3 times higher.”

शायद Vancouver is such a desirable place to live (में 2010, वैंकूवर फिर से शीर्ष पर रहा 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.

तुम्हें क्या लगता है? 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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Vancouver’s English Bay Photo ©Carolyn B. हेल्लर