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In general I don't like the approach of remote employers basing compensation off of the employees cost of living. What happens at gitlab if you start off in SF
by Zenbit_UX 7y ago
In general I don't like the approach of remote employers basing compensation off of the employees cost of living.
What happens at gitlab if you start off in SF then move to another city? You're a remote employee and are free to work wherever... Do they then demote your pay to reflect the new city or did you just game the system?
What about the opposite case, a worker in India at gitlab moving to SF did they just lose a lot of money?
In general this cost of living approach to remote employment is a cop out to pay lower salaries and save money. Zapier offers bay area salaries to all remote employees and gitlab discriminates... Which would you want to work for?
- planetburgess 7y agoZapier does indexed compensation by region. E.g. They pay employees in Asia less than employees in America. This is actually the worst of both worlds. They are paying over the market rate in some countries and under the market in others. Some of their employees are raking it in, others not so much. What's fair or desirable about that?