There’s absolutely no reason they need to know your location before making an offer. “Where am I? Pacific time zone in US tax jurisdiction.” I hope location be

There’s absolutely no reason they need to know your location before making an offer. “Where am I? Pacific time zone in US tax jurisdiction.” I hope location becomes something people talk about in negotiations like salary expectations and previous compensation. “Don’t tell them where you live until you get an offer.” “Get them to name a number before you say where you are.” “Recruiters who force you to tell them up front are a huge red flag.” There’s a big list of questions you aren’t allowed to ask a candidate because while yes they do indicate that a candidate has a weaker negotiating position and therefore paying them less is “fair” in a market sense, we have collectively decided that exploiting that market disparity is unfair. So you aren’t allowed to ask it anymore. In other words, the market doesn’t define a “fair” wage. Fairness comes from elsewhere. Hopefully “what city are you in” becomes an off-limits question ASAP. You live in a historically disadvantaged location? Great we’ll pay you less. I wonder what kind of disparities that’s gonna cause.