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I don't buy this. > If remote work is an option, then paying high rents just doesn't make sense. I live in NYC because I like NYC, not because the pay is high
by wrkronmiller 6y ago
I don't buy this.
> If remote work is an option, then paying high rents just doesn't make sense.
I live in NYC because I like NYC, not because the pay is higher. I took a net pay cut after rent, taxes, etc after moving here from Maryland, in spite of getting a substantial pay rise. I suspect that's not uncommon.
> the ultimate outcome is not US workers moving to low-cost locations, it is foreign workers supplanting US workers in extremely low cost locations.
This was already on the table. Generally speaking, you get what you pay for.
- sethammons 6y agoyeah, to each their own. You would have to pay me an order of magnitude more than I make now to get me to work in NYC.
- koheripbal 6y ago> This was already on the table. Generally speaking, you get what you pay for. Right, but now companies are a LOT more comfortable with it than before, and have the tools, the management training, and the executive buy in to accelerate this.