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To be clear, I'm not opposed at all to remote work - but it feels weird to me to ignore cost of living where your people are when setting their compensation if
by forpayandlabor 6y ago
To be clear, I'm not opposed at all to remote work - but it feels weird to me to ignore cost of living where your people are when setting their compensation if you aren't deliberately trying to incentivize people from (or relocating to) low-COL areas.
- xur17 6y agoBut from the company's perspective, why should they care? If they are hiring remotely, shouldn't they optimize for the best employees at a given price?
- thrhsn81 6y agoI think people focus too much on money. Yes, someone could take a HCOL salary and move to a LCOL area but they might not actually like living there. Quality of life does matter and I don't see a meaningful number of people moving to a place they hate just to save some dough.
- gorgoiler 6y agoIsn’t the price of hiring labor is set by what your competitors will pay? The alternative is Mary Tyler Moore’s salary being lower than her male counterpart because he has a family to support / a higher cost of living.