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by asd88 1483 days ago
Companies doing this are shooting themselves in the foot by not letting the market dictate pay. They either will waste a ton of money by giving everyone Bay Area-level pay, or will just be unable to hire in high cost of labor locations without compromising talent quality.
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> Companies doing this are shooting themselves in the foot by not letting the market dictate pay.

Companies doing this are letting the market dictate pay: the global market. If there is no particular need to have people working in a particular place, there is no reason to pay a premium to get labor in HCOL locations (which, the fewer employers are paying a premium to get labor there, will cease to be as much HCOL areas, too.)

> They either will waste a ton of money by giving everyone Bay Area-level pay, or will just be unable to hire in high cost of labor locations without compromising talent quality.

If employers stop paying a location premium when the premium location provides them no added benefit, people won't be able to command premium pay to live in premium locations.

Funny, most companies don't actually hire people from the bay area