forpayandlabor

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   by forpayandlabor 6y ago

   Wouldn't the neutral solution be to pick a target standard of living (roughly approximated by something like a 75th percentile market rate salary, or whatever metric you chose) and pay that for any given location? I'm aware of sev
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   by forpayandlabor 6y ago

   To be clear, I'm not opposed at all to remote work - but it feels weird to me to ignore cost of living where your people are when setting their compensation if you aren't deliberately trying to incentivize people from (or relocati
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   by forpayandlabor 6y ago

   I totally agree, and am trying to balance my desire to preserve my career and standard of living with what - logically - makes so much sense. I previously worked for an all-remote team that, over time, shifted from mostly within the US to H
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   by forpayandlabor 6y ago

   I'm basically operating with the assumption that with the expansion of programs like this, enough tech workers would be willing to leave high-COL tech labor markets to reduce the average tech worker pay nationally as NYC/SF are no
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   by forpayandlabor 6y ago

   Posting from a throwaway since I use my real name (and reference my employer) on my primary account... Is nobody else worried that policies like this are going to end up penalizing workers who genuinely prefer living in an urban, high-COL a