[ako]

You could also argue that difference in pay is less discriminatory. You are paying employees to have the same quality of life, same type of housing, same opportunity to provide for family, send your kids to the same type of schooling. These things cost differently in different countries, so require different income.

[DandyDev]

Exactly this! Location-based pay is not so much about cost of living as it is about buying power. In the end, money is just a place holder for real value which comes in the form of goods and services. And the real value of the same amount of dollars wildly differs per location. So if you want to pay fairly and not discriminate, you have to try and make sure people can roughly buy the same things in their differing locations for the money you give them.

[drewcoo]

While I'm sure it's very kind of companies to care about my quality of life and the type of my housing, it's honestly none of their business. Even if they tell me I'm "family."

Fair pay to me, at least, means paying for results. Not paying for hours spent toiling. Not paying for where I am on the planet. Not paying for how I get the results, just for the results.

Instead, there are all of these gamey factors inserted into the mix. They're emotional. They're manipulative. Yuck!

[ako]

That’s not how free markets/capitalism is supposed to work. Companies are expected to just shop around for the lowest price on the capabilities they need. Are you suggesting we should adopt something else then capitalism/free markets?