>Most large employers with satellite offices in other areas of the company do not give an appropriate salary penalty for living in a low-cost area of the company -- at least nothing that resembles the actual cost of living difference between silicon valley and other markets.
This has been the case forever though. Back in the 1980s, northern California jobs didn't compensate for higher cost of living even relative to fairly expensive east coast cities. And the cost of living in crappy apartments in Manhattan was a trope back then as well.
This has been the case forever though. Back in the 1980s, northern California jobs didn't compensate for higher cost of living even relative to fairly expensive east coast cities. And the cost of living in crappy apartments in Manhattan was a trope back then as well.