Most companies believe they should establish wages based on location or other metrics instead of what people deliver. At the same time, most people don't have t

Most companies believe they should establish wages based on location or other metrics instead of what people deliver. At the same time, most people don't have the bargaining power to demand wages based on what they bring to the table. There are cases when a company will have to pay more to have someone is a specific, high cost location, but that is salary + location bonus and the location bonus really depends on location costs. But when an engineer can be anywhere in the world working from home, different salaries for people in different countries is not justified other than the power companies have in negotiating.