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Re:Microsoft will include pay ranges in all U.S. job postings by cogman10 on Friday June 10, 2022 @03:58PM (#31698739)
> Supply and demand.

Yup, there's a low supply of employees and a high demand for them. So guess what the absolute dumbest thing is an employer can do when employees start clamoring for COL adjustments?

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Re:Microsoft will include pay ranges in all U.S. job postings by kriops on Friday June 10, 2022 @08:54PM (#31700954)
There are so many other factors in play than whether "employees start clamoring for COL adjustments" or not, so the correct course of action when that happens might very well be to reduce wages or do nothing.
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