Any company that openly advertises remote work as a benefit is going to discount your salary.
Imagine delivering a million dollar feature, working nights and weekends, but somehow it's discounted because of where you live?
Across the river from where I live the cost of living is 5% lower - if I happen to work from there, are the features I'm delivering magically worth 5% less?
According to companies like Buffer, Gitlab, Stichfix, the answer is yes.
Push back on these salary discounts and double down on the value you provide.
P.S. The are more remote opportunities out there than you realize. If there's a job that's a good fit for you, regardless of city, find the CTO or VP of Engineering on Linkedin, find their email on Hunter.io and directly ask if remote is a possibility. Sometimes they will say YES even though it wasn't openly advertised.
Imagine delivering a million dollar feature, working nights and weekends, but somehow it's discounted because of where you live?
Across the river from where I live the cost of living is 5% lower - if I happen to work from there, are the features I'm delivering magically worth 5% less?
According to companies like Buffer, Gitlab, Stichfix, the answer is yes.
Push back on these salary discounts and double down on the value you provide.
P.S. The are more remote opportunities out there than you realize. If there's a job that's a good fit for you, regardless of city, find the CTO or VP of Engineering on Linkedin, find their email on Hunter.io and directly ask if remote is a possibility. Sometimes they will say YES even though it wasn't openly advertised.