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If employers offer 100% WFH, how will those in high COL areas compete?

1 points by causehealth101 ↗ HN
Twitter, for example: why would they pay $200K for a software engineer in San Francisco, when they can pay $150K for the same talent in another city?

How will those living in high COL areas compete with that?

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shams93
Yeah this is why being stuck in LA I can't find work to save my life I have to compete with cheap it basically means many of us will die from poverty if we can't move and I can't also got no ubemplpy and no food stamps so it's literally a race with starvation but looks like starvation will win.
sharemywin
Some companies offer salary adjustments based on where you live.
Trasmatta
I think OP is saying that's the problem, companies like Twitter may prefer paying a salary adjusted rate of $150k to someone in a cheaper city than $200k to someone in SF who's not going to come into the office anyway.