One of the replies to a Buffer employee&#x27;s comment caught my attention:<p>&gt; Perhaps you are (inadvertently) either using location as a lever to underpay employees, or using it as an excuse to overpay people you like but perhaps do not justify the cost for the business?<p>I think this hits the mark. Companies that push heavily for remote work generally aren&#x27;t doing it because they genuinely care for the benefits it brings employees. They&#x27;re pushing for it because it saves them money over operating with an entirely local team (when local means a high market-rate area like SF), precisely because they can discriminate based on location when negotiating salaries.