TL/DR: we pay lower than market rate salaries in all regions where salaries are high.
I do think that as productivity and tools improve around remote and async work salaries in remote friendly jobs will equalize.
I do think that as productivity and tools improve around remote and async work salaries in remote friendly jobs will equalize.
It's absolutely their prerogative to make a decision like that, only to be competitive in low-wage markets, but they should just own it.
I think being upfront about this like Graph is doing is a much clearer approach.
They were fantastic wages for southeast Asia, and competitive wages in parts of Europe and South America, but were solidly 30%+ below our competitors who were also based in the U.S., never mind that the wages were so stagnant retail jobs became competitive with us after awhile.
> We are anchoring our salary to the 60th percentile of San Francisco, CA
Why would paying higher in other regions necessitate lower than market rates in high-salary regions?