Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work after coronavirus

Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by whateveracct on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:00PM (#23262203)

So if I get a remote job working from a high COL area and move, and then I move, do I get my pay reduced? If so, I might as well reduce my effort accordingly ;) you get what you pay for

EDIT: And odds are, the employer won't notice enough to fire me.

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Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by droopyEyelids on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:09PM (#23262391)

Here are your options, i think:

1) You're upfront about it and tell your manager, they update workday, HR schedules a meeting with you to explain the multiplier effect and how your salary is being reduced.

2) You're kind of sneaky, you update your state tax withholding, it updates workday and put you into the appropriate COL bucket for next year's performance review, your salary slowly falls in line with people in your COL area.

3) You keep it secret, allow the company to keep paying taxes to your original state, maybe pay estimated taxes or something to your new state? Don't develop any relationships with coworkers that'll eventually leak your true situation, get away with it?

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Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by zaptheimpaler on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:04PM (#23262297)

But does that mean you would start working 2x the hours if you moved from somewhere else to SF? :)

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Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by whateveracct on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:06PM (#23262334)

Odds are I can meet the bar of employment without that, so no. You have _some_ leverage as an employee to make it work for you imo.

But if you reduce my pay, you're gonna make me take stock of what I'm giving you and shift the balance in my favor if I can easily get away with it.

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