You mean right now? Gitlab sells itself as a full-remote global-hiring company and there are plenty of others. With Covid and everything the exception now is be

You mean right now? Gitlab sells itself as a full-remote global-hiring company and there are plenty of others. With Covid and everything the exception now is being physically in the office. I don’t expect things to go back to how they were ever. If you’re being hired for a remote role then at most salary could vary according to time zone, perhaps a small difference due to taxation issues. Paying 40% more to get the same value from someone living in SF has no possible justification (from a business pov) if you’re hiring for a global remote position (which is what Gitlab does) If there’s actually a business reason someone living in SF might add more value they should hire locally. This all sounds like a lame way of ratinalizing paying more to some employees who happen to live in SF (early hires likely) while pretending everyone is treated the same according to some equation.