Employment is a market. Google needs to pay what the market will bear. If the "remote worker" market is 25% cheaper than Silicon Valley, then that's what they

Employment is a market. Google needs to pay what the market will bear. If the "remote worker" market is 25% cheaper than Silicon Valley, then that's what they'll pay. If they underpay then they'll lose workers. Or... maybe Google wants the remote workers to find other jobs. If they believe that in person employment is that much better they should be willing to pay 25% more (well, technically 33% more) that's their right. History will show if they made a smart decision.