With remote work plan, Facebook dashes hopes of paycheck arbitrage

Re:With remote work plan, Facebook dashes hopes of paycheck ... by im3w1l on Monday May 25, 2020 @04:47AM (#23299275)

Honestly my whole life I have basically been rolling my eyes whenever people complain of discrimination. "Why would a company pay more for less? They'd be eaten alive by competitors that don't". But here we have the whole industry saying they are gonna pay people less based on nothing more than living in black neighbourhoods. And gloating about how people don't have negotiating leverage.

It's making me rethink a lot of things.

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Re:With remote work plan, Facebook dashes hopes of paycheck ... by air7 on Monday May 25, 2020 @05:41AM (#23299522)

I do the same type of eye roll and I think it still applies here. Unless "the whole industry" create a salary cartel, the free market will adjust for this salary imbalance quickly.

If there's a guy living in a black neighborhood that does the same job as a guy from a white neighborhood but for less, who would you hire? So will everyone, and the salaries will eventually match.

This is even more true in a world of mostly-remote workers where social interactions are reduced.

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