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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by shagie on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:11PM (#30535832)
You remember complaints about the busses in San Francisco?

There are lots of areas that are having difficulty with gentrification and the associated difficulty of actually being able to hire people to work the service jobs in those areas.

A company that is paying significantly more than exacerbates the inequities in those areas. A big tech company having remote workers living like royalty in places as the cost of housing there goes beyond what the regular person who lives there makes can become a PR nightmare.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by colordrops on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:53AM (#30538304)
Sounds reasonable but I highly doubt that this is the reason for lower pay in low cost of living locations.
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