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If a developer is 100% wfh and productive, who cares where they live? FB's stance would seem to alienate the technical talent that they spend a fortune to recr
by nugget 6y ago
If a developer is 100% wfh and productive, who cares where they live? FB's stance would seem to alienate the technical talent that they spend a fortune to recruit, train, and keep motivated. Not to mention make anyone who wants to move an easy target for competitors to poach.
Edit: Of course the IRS should care, and employers should want to accurately report domicile. His statement came across as the company being more worried about the exploitation of a corporate compensation loophole than adherence with tax law. Maybe they saw so much initial interest in relocating that they felt they had to pour some cold water on it.
- frakkingcylons 6y agoThe IRS cares where you’re working. Facebook (or any employer) has to report it accurately.
- jupp0r 6y agoDo they have to adjust salaries too or is that just saving money on compensation?
- jkaplowitz 6y agoNo government authority requires salaries to vary based on location.
- nojito 6y agoFederal salaries have cost of living adjustments.
- jkaplowitz 6y agoAbsolutely, but that's them acting as an employer rather than as a regulation of other employer's choices.
- unethical_ban 6y agoThe IRS isn't telling Facebook how much to pay me. Also, the IRS rarely cares what state you're in. States may, though. Also, it's all arbitrary anyway because plenty of people do cross-state travel for work on a regular basis and don't have to declare it.
- renewiltord 6y agoI would also like very much to pretend to be working from Washington and pay no state tax, while living in California.