This is just an idea, I haven't fully thought about it :)
If you live in Poland and earn 3000USD month and your colleague earns the same but lives in San Francisco, you'll have a better living standard than your SF colleague, because it's cheaper to live in Poland. It wouldn't be fair for the guy living in SF.
That was my reasoning. It has some validity but probably has counterpoints :)
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I probably didn't explain myself correctly. I don't think some people should get more, I think they should get the same according to the living-cost of the places they live. But that is next to impossible to measure, of course.
But yes, I wholly agree with
I think that as long as we're not talking about the kind of wages where you can't afford to live, it's not an issue.
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What do gou mean "its not fair"? Why?
This is just an idea, I haven't fully thought about it :)
If you live in Poland and earn 3000USD month and your colleague earns the same but lives in San Francisco, you'll have a better living standard than your SF colleague, because it's cheaper to live in Poland. It wouldn't be fair for the guy living in SF.
That was my reasoning. It has some validity but probably has counterpoints :)
What do you think?
I think that as long as we're not talking about the kind of wages where you can't afford to live, it's not an issue.
So what if the person in SF doesn't have the same perks? They don't magically "deserve" more because of where they live.
I probably didn't explain myself correctly. I don't think some people should get more, I think they should get the same according to the living-cost of the places they live. But that is next to impossible to measure, of course.
But yes, I wholly agree with