Why Remote Work Pay Cuts Are Sanctimonious Bullshit
Companies are inflicting pay cuts on employees who don’t come back to the office. This is just plain wrong, but it would be wrong even without a plague: here’s why.
Headlines have been blaring about how Google employees agreed to pay cuts to keep working remotely.
I know I’m speaking in “almost a decade of not being someone’s employee” here, but I don’t think you should give in to this if your company is enacting such a policy. Stand your ground and demand to keep the salary you initially agreed to. Stand with your co-workers and help them demand the same!
But as someone who’s been far removed from negotiating salaries and having to work on an employer’s terms, I’m going to give my input on why remote pay cuts are bullshit. Because they are, and as someone who routinely sets my own rates and does my own negotiations, I am horrified at what’s taking place. These cuts would be ludicrous even if you didn’t have this whole deadly plague circulating where we’re now worse off than we were a year ago at the time of writing.
So, are you quaking at the thought of making this demand? I get it, losing a job has a higher magnitude than losing a prospect or deal. But if your employer…
