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> Remote work will drive wages down, not up I know you don't mean it this way, but it should right? It's fundamentally cheaper - no commute on the employee par
by zmmmmm 4y ago
> Remote work will drive wages down, not up
I know you don't mean it this way, but it should right? It's fundamentally cheaper - no commute on the employee part, no office space on the employer side. Greatly enhanced flexibility all round. Both sides should definitely splitting the dividends.
I'm fine with it if that is how it works.
- massysett 4y agoI agree actually. Stated differently, commuting is a pain for workers, so they're willing to accept a lower wage to avoid it. This also means the worker can live where the cost of living is lower, and be willing to work for less--thus pushing down wages. Arguably the worker still comes out ahead though if she can live where she wants to...assuming she likes working remotely from a low cost-of-living place. If she'd rather live in NYC and go to the office, she might not be happy to see her wage go down.
- zmmmmm 4y ago> If she'd rather live in NYC and go to the office yep - in the short term there will be some discontinuities like this. But longer term - more staff working remotely is going to take pressure off real estate prices in cities, so it will actually be justifiable even there that salaries can fall. Unfortunately since so many office space leases are long term, and rezoning of land use even slower, this can take a very long time to flow through.