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> Everyone wants a SF salary with an Indiana or even India cost of living. For obvious reasons, that can't work. Why should someone living in Indiana make less
by nickjj 3y ago
> Everyone wants a SF salary with an Indiana or even India cost of living. For obvious reasons, that can't work.
Why should someone living in Indiana make less money than someone living in NYC for a remote tech job?
Both are located in the US separated by a 2 hour flight. Both are in the same timezone too. For a remote company where you have employees spread around the US, there's no difference to anything here.
- doktorhladnjak 3y ago> Why should someone living in Indiana make less money than someone living in NYC for a remote tech job? Because on average they'll accept less money. Someone in NYC is more likely to have other options with higher pay. If a business wants to hire them, they have to offer more. Simple as that.
- starkparker 3y ago> Why should someone living in Indiana make less money than someone living in NYC for a remote tech job? There's no moral reason to satisfy "why _should_", but let's be honest. A company with equal salaries regardless of geo is more likely to cut the salaries of people in expensive places to live than raise the salaries of people in less-expensive places. This is especially true in places where both salary and fundamental necessities like health coverage are included in compensation, like the US. Such companies then lose the employees who prefer to live in expensive places, to companies who _will_ pay them more to live in more expensive places. Whether accepting that result produces a more efficient staff for a company is the more indicative question IMO. Or asking why some places are so much more expensive to live in.