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Re:People don’t want to commute; they just don’t want to mis... by buboard on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @08:31AM (#21124588)
a lot of assumptions here. Cost of living is proportional to quality of services, or else people would move. Shouldn’t gitlab also pay more so that the people who live in cheaper cities get better food/schools etc?

Otherwise they re just subsidizing the rent seeking behaviour of crazy expensive cities

Wages and cost/quality of living are in a feedback loop. Remote work will net benefit the cheaper cities and will deflate prices in the expensive ones. I think that is inevitable

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Re:People don’t want to commute; they just don’t want to mis... by UserIsUnused on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:46AM (#21126703)
Gitlab actually pays really well (relatively to local companies) in lower cost zones, I don't think you can find any market in lower cost areas where Gitlab is only slightly above the market.
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Re:People don’t want to commute; they just don’t want to mis... by buboard on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:25PM (#21129521)
Well good .. when remote work reaches the tipping point, i expect wages to be fully equalized
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