"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs

Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by refurb on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:20AM (#25138575)

You’re not paid based on “worth”. You’re paid based on the intersection of how badly the company needs someone (demand) and how many people out there do what they need (supply).

If suddenly the supply expands from the Bay Area to all of the US, that changes the equation. Don’t forget that guy in Atlanta who is equally as talented as you, but willing to work for 20% less than you make.

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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by nybble41 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:38PM (#25140550)

> You’re not paid based on “worth”.

Supply and demand ultimately determine the wages, assuming the job is filled at all, but what you're "worth" to the employer does serve as an absolute upper limit on what you can expect to be paid. If no one is willing to take the job at that price then no one will be employed and the job will simply go undone.

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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by sgift on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @12:23PM (#25139499)

One point of unions is to make sure this kind of "shopping around" for people who are sufficiently desperate is not possible for companies: You pay x or you get no one.

And that's a good thing.

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