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I'll be happy if those changes that you're worried about will happen. If you're working remotely, why should your employer pay you more just because you prefer
by clusterfish 6y ago
I'll be happy if those changes that you're worried about will happen.
If you're working remotely, why should your employer pay you more just because you prefer more expensive cities? Should you also get a pay raise for preferring more expensive cars, or having expensive hobbies?
It would be great to have more good salaries and good jobs available nationally.
- mlthoughts2018 6y agoSometimes living in a high cost of living area isn’t optional. For example, I have to do a lot of elder care for family members who live in a major urban center. They’ve lived there for all their lives, and the doctor suggests it would be pretty mentally harmful to forcibly uproot them at this point. I need to be super physically close to them, so I have to live in an urban center. I would not consider working for an employer that acted like this was my “choice” and expected me to take lower net pay as a result. The same could be true if someone has a family member incarcerated at a certain prison and needs to live close by for visits or to help with legal procedures.
- sethammons 6y agoThe same exact reasons exist for rural communities.
- mlthoughts2018 6y agoYeah, I completely agree. I am all for companies abandoning the dumb idea that pay should be tied to geographic market rates, and especially for workers to turn down those employers and just say no to job offers that aren’t competitive on a global basis.