[dareobasanjo]

What's actually barbaric is forcing people to move away from their friends and family in their hometowns to come live in San Francisco where there's literally faeces in the streets and a shack costs $1M let alone a livable home when can do the work just fine from their homes. The medium to large 6-figure salaries are a trade off and it's actually fairer to employees to allow them to make the choice themselves.

[fzzzy]

A shack in SF is a million bucks precisely because Facebook won't pay a SF salary unless you are in SF. If they paid a SF salary no matter where you lived, then a shack in SF would not be worth one million dollars any more.

[fao_]

So you're saying that not only would it be better for the workers, but San Francisco would become more affordable to poorer people who don't have tech jobs and who were perhaps born there? Sounds like a win-win to me.

[Duckpond]

Making housing more affordable sounds like a net win. Those working there would be able to afford better housing.