Yeah, agreed. I don't appreciate this type of race to the bottom. I live in a Low cost of living area, but my work output is not dependent on geographical locat

Yeah, agreed. I don't appreciate this type of race to the bottom. I live in a Low cost of living area, but my work output is not dependent on geographical location. If I do less or worse work than someone on my team in a HCOL area, I would be up for a PIP or worse. I would be absolutely fine with getting paid less, if my company had an expectation of lesser output. But, as it stand, I am expected to deliver as well or better than my peers (stacked ranking). In this case, I do not agree with the lower salary with the same output requirements. If a company wants to pay less for the role, they shouldn't expect the same output. Geographic region is independent of the work required to be completed.