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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by massysett on Monday March 20, 2023 @09:58PM (#35241622)
I agree actually. Stated differently, commuting is a pain for workers, so they're willing to accept a lower wage to avoid it.

This also means the worker can live where the cost of living is lower, and be willing to work for less--thus pushing down wages. Arguably the worker still comes out ahead though if she can live where she wants to...assuming she likes working remotely from a low cost-of-living place. If she'd rather live in NYC and go to the office, she might not be happy to see her wage go down.

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by zmmmmm on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @02:43AM (#35243172)
> If she'd rather live in NYC and go to the office

yep - in the short term there will be some discontinuities like this. But longer term - more staff working remotely is going to take pressure off real estate prices in cities, so it will actually be justifiable even there that salaries can fall. Unfortunately since so many office space leases are long term, and rezoning of land use even slower, this can take a very long time to flow through.

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