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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by mgh2 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:39AM (#25138874)
It is funny how tech employees complain about this when it hits them personally, while employers have been discriminating for eternity.

That clause at the bottom of a job page: "no discrimination based on citizenship, origin, etc..."? Just corporate/legal mumbo jumbo.

This is how it feels for the non-elite, non-American. In a weird way, the pandemic is leveling the playing field. Democratize opportunities, increase competition, decrease wages- plain supply and demand.

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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by ethanbond on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:46AM (#25138961)
The pandemic is not at all leveling the playing field except maybe between the elite of one country and the elite of another.

The non-elites everywhere are getting hosed.

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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by mgh2 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:48AM (#25138996)
I agree, maybe I meant non-US tech jobs.
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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by jimbokun on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:15PM (#25141073)
> It is funny how tech employees complain about this when it hits them personally

That's a good point, because no other groups of people only complain about issues when they start to affect them personally.

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Re:"Equal pay for equal work" in remote jobs by ethanbond on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:36PM (#25142126)
Tech workers do make a unique show about caring, though. Think about all the social good branding surrounding massive advertising panopticons.
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