A couple of things to point out: - They say they are doing away with location-specific factors in the formula. However, their formula still uses Numbeo to calc

A couple of things to point out: - They say they are doing away with location-specific factors in the formula. However, their formula still uses Numbeo to calculate cost-of-living based on your locality (which is location-specific) - They seem to be transparently "hiding" (an oxymoron I know) the fact that their new formula is stripping away 2 major benefits: - Removing 3% Loyalty Raise - The Salary Choice Option Now Phases out at 4 Years ("In fact, in May of 2016, we stopped offering this choice.") I actually mentioned this company in my comment about the Basecamp salary adjustments [1] I'm going to agree with StavrosK on this and say that these formulas are pointless at best (and probably just a means to give HR/finance/marketing some extra work). Living in SF/NY/London is expensive, but the tradeoffs for living in these areas is the high demand for technical skills and networking (tradeoffs in a professional sense). [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16051062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16051062