Re:What it was like working for Gitlab
by dangus on Sunday February 11, 2024 @08:16PM
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Balanced, sure, but not completely location blind.
Usually what I see is that remote jobs will offer a slight higher wage than the going rate in lower cost of living areas. That way you’re in a situation where moving to a higher cost of living area and making a more regionally average salary isn’t all that attractive.
> When you do exactly the same job in the same company, same department, same team, with the same output — then definitely it's discrimination.
But that’s my point as well: if you’re in San Francisco paying $5,000 a month in rent for an apartment and your coworker in Cambodia is also getting an SF salary living in a mansion with servants because your company is location blind that’s also a form of inequity.
Usually what I see is that remote jobs will offer a slight higher wage than the going rate in lower cost of living areas. That way you’re in a situation where moving to a higher cost of living area and making a more regionally average salary isn’t all that attractive.
> When you do exactly the same job in the same company, same department, same team, with the same output — then definitely it's discrimination.
But that’s my point as well: if you’re in San Francisco paying $5,000 a month in rent for an apartment and your coworker in Cambodia is also getting an SF salary living in a mansion with servants because your company is location blind that’s also a form of inequity.