> You can't have it both ways - either your general cost of living is taken into account in your salary (location-based pay), or it's not. Cost of living allow

> You can't have it both ways - either your general cost of living is taken into account in your salary (location-based pay), or it's not. Cost of living allowance/adjustment (COLA) was a retention strategy originally designed to give workers being transferred overseas and to large metropolitan areas more money, not less. You should do some reading up on HR practices if you want them to stop taking advantage of you.