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Actually, a company's attitude toward this problem has to be balanced. I live in a country where most international companies pay less than the US and even the
by kmac_ 3y ago
Actually, a company's attitude toward this problem has to be balanced. I live in a country where most international companies pay less than the US and even the EU average. The effect is quite easy to predict: they are not attractive to senior candidates (i.e., Nokia) and suffer from higher employee attrition (not right now, as the job market is pretty dead). I don't want to mention the effect on employee morale. Is it discrimination, as the author says? When you do exactly the same job in the same company, same department, same team, with the same output — then definitely it's discrimination. Does it encourage various xenophobic behaviors coming from better-earning employees - very rarely, but yes. Is it legal? — Yes.
- dangus 3y agoBalanced, sure, but not completely location blind. Usually what I see is that remote jobs will offer a slight higher wage than the going rate in lower cost of living areas. That way you’re in a situation where moving to a higher cost of living area and making a more regionally average salary isn’t all that attractive. > When you do exactly the same job in the same company, same department, same team, with the same output — then definitely it's discrimination. But that’s my point as well: if you’re in San Francisco paying $5,000 a month in rent for an apartment and your coworker in Cambodia is also getting an SF salary living in a mansion with servants because your company is location blind that’s also a form of inequity.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>I live in a country where most international companies pay less than the US and even the EU average. Can I ask which country?
- pas 3y agoprobably Poland
- n_plus_1_acc 3y agoHalf of the EU?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agochuckles That's On Me, I Set the Bar Too Low.