It's great for those engineers that they are so far up Maslow's hierarchy that they're willing to bring significant risk to their employers in the pursuit of se

It's great for those engineers that they are so far up Maslow's hierarchy that they're willing to bring significant risk to their employers in the pursuit of self actualization. However, there are a lot of engineers in the world (outside SF and NYC) that are still concerned about lower levels like physiological and safety needs. I wonder if the world getting more accustomed to remote work will change the cost benefit analysis on hiring those engineers instead.