Isn’t this just a market value? SV companies with a global presence surely don’t pay the same in their Bucharest office as they do in their SV office?

So does opening a physical office in a remote location suddenly make the idea of having “local pay” valid again? Why?

And if not: should all global companies pay equally around the world to anyone who provides the same value within the company? That’s a nice thought but it doesn’t feel realistic.

As a European developer for a US firm I’d love to get what US devs are paid. But for that, they could hire two of my neighbors instead of me, so why would they.

Companies arent paying for produced value, they are maximizing produced value and minimizing cost.