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If FAANG goes remote, rest assured that many highly capable engineers in cheaper cities like mine are willing to work for them at a discount as we would still c
by goalieca 5y ago
If FAANG goes remote, rest assured that many highly capable engineers in cheaper cities like mine are willing to work for them at a discount as we would still come out way ahead compared to local rates.
- taneq 5y agoI'd imagine this is a big consideration for a lot of the people advocating a return to the office in those companies. Once fully remote work is an option (or even mostly-remote work, a 3 hour commute might be acceptable once a fortnight and if that's by plane, half the country is within range) they'll be open to far greater competition from equally talented engineers in much more reasonably priced areas.
- px43 5y agoThat's called being a "scab", and is generally not appreciated.
- taneq 5y agoA "scab" is a worker hired to knowingly break a union strike, so unless there's a well-accepted Apple Software Engineers' Union it's not applicable here. And of course it's not appreciated by the union, since their ability to collectively withhold labour from the company is their only real source of power. The ethics of the situation depend entirely on what's actually going on, though - there are plenty of well justified strikes, but there are also strikes where the union is overstepping its bounds. Union and corporate power remain relatively well balanced or one side gets screwed and ultimately everybody loses.
- xaduha 5y agoI think it's called a job market.