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The rockstar's locally inflated salary goes down of course.

The interesting thing to ponder - an employee would not not be obligated to tell HR where one is working from. So company keeps paying $xyz irrespective whether the employee is in in Sydney, Singapore or Sacramento.

That means when remote work is a norm salary shouldn't go down when the employee moved to Sydney from SF.

> an employee would not not be obligated to tell HR where one is working from

Unfortunately, that’s not how payroll taxes work. You absolutely need to provide your employer with your real address. If you move out of state (or out of the country) there are very real tax liability issues that they will need to address. If you work for a decent company, they may even help you address your personal tax liabilities too.

A lot of remote FTE contracts I've come across not only demand your updated address during the duration of your employment, but also for 3 or so years after.

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