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Then join a union where you are.
I wish the minimum wage was set by your region's cost of living. That way, we wouldn't have to renegotiate it every 5 minutes, and we wouldn't have one guy yelling, "but we need 30 an hour here!" while another screams, "30?!? You only need 5 an hour here!" >

It always baffles me when I see software engineers making 250k in California, but then I remember I live in the Midwest and things are quite literally a 5th the cost LOL. All things together I am actually doing better than they are only making 90k >

Would you support a SF WFH tech worker getting a pay cut if he moves to the Midwest? >

No. Equal pay for equal work at the same place. I would support a pay cut for working from home because that would at least be consistent logically, but not based on geographical location. >

I disagree. Paying differently for the same work means that the company values the work differently based on geographic region. Same pay for the same work in the same company. That's what I believe in. >

Hard pass.  Getting paid high wages for a high cost of living whilst living in a low cost of living area seriously fucks up the rental and housing markets in those areas.  I pay 900 bucks for a 3 bedroom because that's what the local economy can afford to pay.  If some goons who previously paid 2000+ for a SF studio move here en masse, prices will skyrocket and price out the locals while more tech bros pour in for the low prices. >

I understand the other side, I really do. But it doesn't sit right with me that the cost of labor changes for a company based on geographic region. Companies can pay cost of living, or cost of labor. Picking and choosing when to pay what isn't fair to workers. >

Get a local employer to where you're moving to then. >

That doesn't solve the problem now, does it? My colleagues in more expensive areas don't have that luxury. I'd rather our workplaces unionize and coordinate to negotiate the same wage. That also doesn't fully solve the problem, only just that company. Even better than unionizing, I'd like to see a piece of legislation that codifies CoL as the minimum wage with annual adjustments.