In person pay is going to drop to national or international averages since you don’t need them physically at a site.
Why’s that?
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HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 13 hours ago
I figured this would kick off again when work from home got implemented.
If your staff don’t need to report to an office, why pay them for a high cost of living when they can live anywhere? In person pay is going to drop to national or international averages since you don’t need them physically at a site.
iii@mander.xyz 11 hours ago
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 10 hours ago
It should be “A person’s pay”, but a lot of tech offices are in high cost of living places like the Bay Area. If you don’t have to show up in San Jose consistently, you can hire from wherever and most other places will have a lower cost of living.
So someone in Austin may be willing and able to do the same job as someone from San Jose for 20% cheaper because their lower cost of living still makes it work it. Or maybe someone in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon may be willing and able to do the same job for 60% cheaper.
Suddenly, those high salary tech positions go away because major tech companies are no longer limited on where they can source talent.
Fades@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
My company is WFH but they tell me if I move more than a few hours drive from my local “hybrid” office it’s akin to quitting. My company is not alone in this.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 hours ago
Yeah, but a lot of companies laid out very poor WFH policies at the start of the pandemic.
I’m also expecting that some companies are willing to accept WFH if it means they don’t have to pay as much.