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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…