Re:How many jobs can be done at home? [pdf]
by DangerousPie on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @02:48PM
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> Is there anyone out there with a good argument for why remote workers should be paid less?
Right now people working in cities with a high cost of living have a large salary to make up for their living costs. When you make a job remote you suddenly increase the pool of possible employees to anyone in the world, including people living in places that may have a lower cost of living. Those people will be happy to work for less.
If you have a remote employee, why pay them 200k to live in SF if you can pay someone in India 50k?
Right now people working in cities with a high cost of living have a large salary to make up for their living costs. When you make a job remote you suddenly increase the pool of possible employees to anyone in the world, including people living in places that may have a lower cost of living. Those people will be happy to work for less.
If you have a remote employee, why pay them 200k to live in SF if you can pay someone in India 50k?