How do you pay workers in different locations? The traditional answer — according to what the local market demands — is facing new pressure from an increasingly global talent pool.
As more companies operate across multiple regions, attracting and retaining top staff has become a multinational exercise freighted with HR politics. The rise of remote work, meanwhile, means questions of how to adjust pay should an employee move to a different city or country are more pressing.
The most skilled workers “are more mobile and are likely happier to move across regions for higher-paid professional roles,” says Pawel Adrjan, a director at hiring platform Indeed.