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by tomnipotent 1565 days ago
No, it's not tax fraud. Tax is between you and the government, not you and your employer. The U.S. even allows you to ask your employer not to deduct tax so you can deal with it personally.

If you follow whatever local and state laws apply to your situation, you're perfectly in your right.
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dmoy 1565 days ago
The topic is not tax fraud though?
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tomnipotent 1565 days ago
I didn't bring up taxes, I'm just responding to it.

The topic is whether a global corporation with access to a global workforce should be allowed arbitrary salary negation privileges because of the circumstances of a candidates geographical circumstances, while robbing the candidate of the same privilege.

Just sounds like another way to exploit labor at a time of record profit windfalls for corporations.

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erik_seaberg 1564 days ago
A dev in Mountain View has many more high-paying opportunities than the same guy in Weed, CA (pop. 2,862). Google pays him more because that’s what it takes to retain him.

Someday if most employers switch to remote-first, this won’t matter and salaries will be equal everywhere (a lot lower than we’ve seen in tight labor markets, and probably the first world in general).

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