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A lot more workplaces realizing that remote work is super viable.

I don't get why this is good for the average worker in developed countries, to be honest. Doesn't this just open every job up to insane amounts of competition with the lowest price of living areas in the country, not to mention other countries? I feel like I must be missing something

> Doesn't this just open every job up to insane amounts of competition with the lowest price of living areas in the country

Remote jobs will have a much bigger pool of applicants to choose from, but likewise applicants will have a much bigger jobs to choose from too. So the two should cancel each other out.

I think the main downside of this is it dramatically increases the amount of crap that recruiters will have to sift through to find viable candidates

I guess I'm still skeptical about them not off shoring jobs, but that does make some sense at least, thanks

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