anecdotal evidence of mine is when i interviewed for a large US tech company for a remote role based in the UK. based on their pay bracket someone living in cen

anecdotal evidence of mine is when i interviewed for a large US tech company for a remote role based in the UK. based on their pay bracket someone living in central london or in a rural village in northern ireland will be entitled to the same pay. how does that make any sense? this all remote work “bonanza” from big tech companies seems to be just another cost optimization trick - all thanks to supply-demand imbalance for remote roles