[willio58]

Maybe the top companies can do this because people like saying "I work for ___", but I would never consider working in an office again. Work life balance with remote is worth so much more to me than the extra money I'd make working at Microsoft or anywhere in person.

[willcipriano]

I recently did a number of job interviews and my wife is a IT recruiter, we've both noticed the same thing. The places that want you in office want to pay the same (or less!) as roles that are remote. I could be talked into going into a office, but I'd need to be paid for the 2+ hours a day commuting and reimbursed for my costs getting there. Those costs make the in office offers hilariously uncompetitive compared to remote.

[coldtea]

>Maybe the top companies can do this because people like saying "I work for ___", but I would never consider working in an office again.

That, though, is for as long as market conditions give the choice (or perpetually, if you have money in the bank).

Otherwise, all it takes it a downturn of the economy making the IT job market much worse, and devs wont have much choice anymore if they want to work.

[boring_twenties]

Microsoft doesn't even seem to pay competitively, if levels.fyi is to be believed. It seems like rather the opposite: you can make more money working remotely than working for Microsoft in person.