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Companies can try to do that. I've worked remotely for 5 years and always inquire about compensation up front. If they try to pay local market rates, I decline
by kingnothing 8y ago
Companies can try to do that. I've worked remotely for 5 years and always inquire about compensation up front. If they try to pay local market rates, I decline to interview with them. When you're working remotely, you need to view yourself as being competitive with candidates that are local to their SF / Seattle / NY offices and demand the same compensation as a local hire. This further reduces the pool of companies willing to hire you, but if you have the time when looking for a job it is definitely possible.
- chaostheory 8y agoBuffer is mostly if not all remote and they adjust salaries based on employee location. Their salaries are open for everyone to see as well. https://open.buffer.com/transparent-salaries/ https://open.buffer.com/transparent-salaries/ It looks like GitLab does the same thing
- jhall1468 8y agoYep, and in both cases high CoL markets they are paying low and in low CoL markets companies that don't do this are paying much higher. At the end of the day you aren't going to draw "the best" of employees by paying local market rates. Buffer's is hilarious, mostly because they are claiming Seattle and Boulder both have "average" cost of living. So they are still favoring employees, but the low CoL people are being paid way more than the high due to their garbage CoL calculator.
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- kayoone 8y agoWhich SF tech company pays SF market rates for say someone living in Poland or Ukraine ? Haven't heard of that.
- kingnothing 8y agoI live in the US and can't speak to that, sorry.