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Most of this isn't exclusive to remote work at all. The American office pays more than the UK office, the New York office pays more than the Miami office. Of co
by kurtisc 8y ago
Most of this isn't exclusive to remote work at all. The American office pays more than the UK office, the New York office pays more than the Miami office. Of course it's BS, pay never rewarded people equally to begin with.
- bobthechef 8y agoWhat exactly is equal? What is the correct amount? You really need to dig into these concepts to give a cogent answer, and look at how everything else works on the market. There's nothing unusual about this particular issue. Would you pay someone in India the same salary as someone in San Francisco? You could argue that you'd be screwing your American employee in relative terms. The alternative is not to hire Indians if the cost is the same.
- jkaplowitz 8y agoBut in that case, you're paying people for a different bundle of agreed job duties in each case, where one important differing constraint is location. I just moved from NYC to Montreal. Same time zone, cheap to visit NYC, I can work legally in both places (and Canadians can easily visit NYC on business even without being American), etc. A remote employer shouldn't change my salary much based on that - if anything they should raise it if they already deal with Canadian/Quebec payroll/benefits, since NYC benefits cost them more, or lower it just enough to compensate for the added compliance and travel burden. But most would lower it dramatically.