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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think this practice can last for remote jobs.  My last employer tried to cut my pay when I moved and I just quit and got a job with another company that wasn’t doing that.  Why would I accept less pay just because I moved to a lower COL area?  I’m doing the same job.  It was particularly dumb on their part because they were already struggling to fill similar positions.  Google may get away with it because they are paying above market, but even they are likely to find some of their competitors scooping up remote workers by offering to pay them SV wages in Idaho.[/quote]

We are in a period of transition right now that won’t last.  Once WFH policies shake out and get fully established, this won’t be controversial.  If you live in Montana and are applying for remote work jobs in big tech, you will know your salary will be based in part of your location.  If you work in the office in NYC but are considering moving back home to Cleveland, you will know as part of the calculus that it will come with an X% pay decrease due to locality.  This is already a fact of life for many people who have coped just fine.  The people who are upset now are the ones who thought they found a way to game the system and are upset they market caught up with them. [/quote]

I don’t see how employers will be able to sustain that.  [b]There are already a bunch of tech companies that will pay remote workers in Boise at the same scale as SV.[/b]  How is Google going to compete for those people while demanding they get paid 20% less just because COL is lower?  The competitive pressure will ultimately be too much and they will have to cave.[/quote]Which employers?[/quote]
I'm wondering this, too.[/quote]

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