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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by tick_tock_tick on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:02PM (#30535278)
> The above seems to put the lie to the argument I've often heard that the justification for these cost-of-living adjustments is that in-person employees deliver more value than remote employees.

Only the horribly uninformed would ever make such a bad faith argument. You've never been paid based on your "value" but rather what it takes to keep you as an employee. The company only wants to pay you enough to keep you and if you move some place cheap well they don't need to offer as much.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by bo1024 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:58PM (#30535715)
> The company only wants to pay you enough to keep you and if you move some place cheap well they don't need to offer as much.

I think that depends what your other options are. It might work if everyone in the industry offers you less based on where you live, which is almost collusion in my opinion.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by toomanyrichies on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:19PM (#30535894)
> Only the horribly uninformed would ever make such a bad faith argument.

Nevertheless, it's one that I've heard repeated quite often.

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