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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by ulfw on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @03:21PM (#23158474)
Market rates are such a weird idea. The whole concept is.

You should pay for how GOOD an engineer is. Not for where (s)he lives.

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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by stuxnet79 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @04:15PM (#23159126)
This is a simplistic view of the situation.

Define "GOOD".

For a business a "GOOD" engineer is one who is able to deliver business value at minimal cost. If by "GOOD" you mean talented then you have to realize that the US doesn't have a monopoly on talented coders.

The greenback goes far in many places within your timezone. If borders are opened up via remote work companies will be forced to re-evalute the axes by which they quantify "GOOD" (talent, cost).

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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by rubidium on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @05:26PM (#23160098)
As an employee it is. As an employer it’s not.
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