“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain?

Re:“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? by lazide on Sunday February 14, 2021 @06:37PM (#26137376)

You’re still confusing your costs as important here - which is very convenient for employers! It isn’t how they operate (if they’re smart anyway) in the open market, and if you’re smart you won’t operate that way in the labor market either.

Understand and negotiate based off the value you provide, and what you can bring to the business. Chances are, your local cost of living has very little to do with that.

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Re:“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? by joe_the_user on Sunday February 14, 2021 @11:09PM (#26138970)

You’re still confusing your costs as important here - which is very convenient for employers!

No, I'm just saying sometimes employers can reasonably take employee costs into account - health care, maternity leave, day care, etc. Not here, I agree employers should not consider this. But I think saying employers should never take variable employee costs into account is an argument that's wrong, so making that absolutist argument won't help the case.

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Re:“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? by lazide on Monday February 15, 2021 @07:49PM (#26149699)

I don’t think that was the argument was it?

It’s all negotiations. If you think it’s worth taking a $10k paycut for a $5k (for the business)/$12k (as an individual) health plan, then it’s win-win.

If you take a $10k paycheck because you live in Nebraska (and nothing else), and the Company is in SF? That’s just bad negotiating.

If the company is in Nebraska and only pays $10k less and can get plenty of takers locally - then they won’t get many people from SF, and they’re probably fine with that.

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