> so we can pay you less Setting aside that obviously, on an individual level, an employer will typically want to pay you as little as they can get away with,

> so we can pay you less Setting aside that obviously, on an individual level, an employer will typically want to pay you as little as they can get away with, this isn't how location based pay works at a macro level. Saying "You can work from anywhere you want, but we want to know where that is so we can pay you more" is an equally (in)valid statement since it's about pay distribution.