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Re:Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Vall... by mr_woozy on Monday November 02, 2020 @05:40PM (#24974319)
Technically while you are correct that it should make no salary difference where workers choose to base themselves, unfortunately corporations and HR will use this as a sorting metric to pay qualified workers less because it's only to their advantage to do so.

While you'd think the worker would benefit from being more globally employable the companies conversely have a larger pool of candidates now to choose from, which means they can afford to pay less for talent.

Re:Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Vall... by conanbatt on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @12:47AM (#24976749)
Companies don't decide how much to pay, its the result of competing forces on supply and demand