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Google and other companies have paid employees in India much less than similarly skilled employees in the U.S. for some time. Should that also be prohibited?

For quality employees? Yes. The idea that we shouldn't take advantage of people just because they live in another country shouldn't be controversial, but here we are.

The scaling for distance seems a little off but if your salary was negotiated for an in-person position, and you then want change that agreement, for any reason pandemic or not, then surely something has to give?

Well, they aren’t, they just think you won’t get a better offer. The operative word in Bay Area Salaries was “Bay Area.”