But this doesn't provide a justification for dropping the salary to match local COL of the remote employee. I realize that not everyone has this luxury, but mor

But this doesn't provide a justification for dropping the salary to match local COL of the remote employee. I realize that not everyone has this luxury, but more developers need to say "No, I'm not taking a pay cut". Firing someone is not free - there is a real cost to the company to hire a replacement.