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Re:Ask HN: Possible benefits of Covid-19 pandemic? by theworld572 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @01:30PM (#22648144)
> Doesn't this just open every job up to insane amounts of competition with the lowest price of living areas in the country

Remote jobs will have a much bigger pool of applicants to choose from, but likewise applicants will have a much bigger jobs to choose from too. So the two should cancel each other out.

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Re:Ask HN: Possible benefits of Covid-19 pandemic? by cgb223 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:39PM (#22649869)
I think the main downside of this is it dramatically increases the amount of crap that recruiters will have to sift through to find viable candidates
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Re:Ask HN: Possible benefits of Covid-19 pandemic? by thatguy0900 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:59PM (#22649479)
I guess I'm still skeptical about them not off shoring jobs, but that does make some sense at least, thanks
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