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		Consultant32452 on June 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most employees of NYT won’t be required back in ph... I have an anecdata. I work for a fortune 500 financial company. I am personally acquainted with someone who transitioned from our offshore (India) team to the US. His salary went up 3x doing the same job with the same title, and all he changed was geography.

mjburgess on June 22, 2020 [–]

He also changed his cost of living.

ajmurmann on June 22, 2020 | [–]

Salaries aren't based on cost of living, but on cost of labor. Those are related, but not tightly.

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