how do silicon valley tech companies square "equal pay for equal work" with geo-adjusted salary bands?

one of the most intellectually dishonest "best" practices i've seen. just admit it's about saving money and 'cost of living' adjustments are a weak attempt at rationalization.

instead, normalize for cost to the company. if salary + benefits + taxes is X/year, pay that to everyone on that level regardless of their location and cost of living.

this means that employees living in geos with higher payroll / retirement tax obligations (looking at you, scandinavia) will get less in salary, sure, but at least the justification makes some sense. who are you to try to normalize your employees' qualities of life? creepy

by the way, it still works out to a lot more than the bullshit quality of life adjustments the big companies run. maybe i should stop this thread here, if the BigCos were doing this it would be a lot harder to hire. if you're a startup this is a massive edge on hiring

speaking of, we're hiring! https://twitter.com/harryhurst/status/1312430797392093185?s=20