In theory, if every job went remote, employees would have more bargaining power, as they have more options, which gives leverage. In reality, most people aren'

In theory, if every job went remote, employees would have more bargaining power, as they have more options, which gives leverage. In reality, most people aren't skilled negotiators, and become significantly less motivated to negotiate salary once they reach a number that they feel is "fair". And "fair" seems to be a correlated with living expenses. Furthermore, if most engineers are willing to take a pay cut, this would impact those who are skilled negotiators, for the obvious reason that industry trends are an anchoring point for salary.