I think paying less than you would pay locally based on the location is kind of a discrimination. In fact, simply paying your local salary to remote workers op

I think paying less than you would pay locally based on the location is kind of a discrimination. In fact, simply paying your local salary to remote workers opens a pool of really experienced people from all over the world for you. In many cases probably even superior in experience than you would be able to find locally with your local average salary. So you are already winning big here, why would you want to screw that by assuming their worth based on where they live? How can one even calculate that? For example, cheaper/poorer countries might have a worse healthcare system without insurance, so people would need additional money saved aside for health emergencies (like cancer or similar) for themselves and their family. And this is just one example.