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“逃离大城市”是否是长久之计?

“逃离大城市”是否是长久之计?

LEE CLIFFORD 2020-11-23
逃离大城市确实是一股趋势,但并不一定会持续下去。

这听起来是一个绝佳的套利机会:离开拥挤的都市远程工作,但还能维持大城市的工资水平。

但是现在,全球性咨询公司韦莱韬悦(Willis Towers Watson)的一项新研究表明,许多雇主并不一定打算让异地办公的员工维持原有的薪资水平。这项对北美344位雇主进行的调查显示,将近20%的雇主表示,在设定员工的薪酬水平时,“首先考量雇员技能的市场价值,然后还会基于他们所在的地理位置差异”。但也有六成的雇主表示,无论员工在哪里工作,他们将继续向异地雇员支付与坐班雇员相同的报酬。

尽管推特公司一直处在“去中心化”员工组织模式的最前沿(并根据员工的居住地支付他们的工资),但其他科技公司最近也采取了类似的方式。 Facebook在今年春天宣布的相关消息还使得舆论一片哗然:据《纽约时报》报道,从2021年1月开始,“Facebook员工的薪酬将根据他们选择的居住地的生活成本进行调整。Facebook会检查员工登入公司内部账号的地点,确保他们如实汇报自己的所在地。”彭博社9月的报道称,VMWare公司也可能会对选择异地办公的员工降薪。 知情人士说:“例如,原来在加州帕洛阿尔托市总部工作的员工选择去丹佛异地办公,就必须接受18%的减薪。”另一位在透露内部政策时要求匿名的人士表示:“如果要离开硅谷去洛杉矶或圣地亚哥办公,就意味着要放弃8%的薪水。”

但是,“薪酬地方化”的发展方向也困难重重。例如,如果一家公司向全国范围内的工人放开工作岗位,而有越来越多的女性或有色人种求职者被雇用,那该怎么应付可能面临的争议?该公司是否还会向旧金山的员工支付更多薪水,即使这些人中男性或白人比例过高?

还有一些人怀疑,一旦疫情得到控制或疫苗普及,“永远逃离大城市”的想法是否还会持续。乔纳森·米勒是纽约房地产领域的一名热门专栏作家,今年夏天,他告诉《财富》杂志的记者约翰·杰夫·罗伯茨,他认为逃离大城市确实是一股趋势,但并不一定会持续下去。 “他认为,疫情的影响和此前的一些重大意外很像,诸如雷曼兄弟于2008年经济危机中倒闭,还有9/11袭击等。这些事件同样使得人们一股脑逃离纽约,但只是暂时的;许多离开纽约的人在一两年后就又回来了。米勒预计,疫情后也会发生类似的现象。”

这可能是许多雇主仍在探索怎样安排远程工作政策的原因之一。 韦莱韬悦的调查发现,有37%的公司“尚无正式的政策或配套细则来管理这些安排,尽管在这些目前尚无正式政策的公司中,有60%正在规划或考虑,将在明年采用正式政策。而那些已有相关政策的公司中,有近三分之二(64%)正在计划或考虑,在今年或明年对其进行修改,以适应工作地点不断变化的新情况。”(财富中文网)

编译:陈聪聪

这听起来是一个绝佳的套利机会:离开拥挤的都市远程工作,但还能维持大城市的工资水平。

但是现在,全球性咨询公司韦莱韬悦(Willis Towers Watson)的一项新研究表明,许多雇主并不一定打算让异地办公的员工维持原有的薪资水平。这项对北美344位雇主进行的调查显示,将近20%的雇主表示,在设定员工的薪酬水平时,“首先考量雇员技能的市场价值,然后还会基于他们所在的地理位置差异”。但也有六成的雇主表示,无论员工在哪里工作,他们将继续向异地雇员支付与坐班雇员相同的报酬。

尽管推特公司一直处在“去中心化”员工组织模式的最前沿(并根据员工的居住地支付他们的工资),但其他科技公司最近也采取了类似的方式。 Facebook在今年春天宣布的相关消息还使得舆论一片哗然:据《纽约时报》报道,从2021年1月开始,“Facebook员工的薪酬将根据他们选择的居住地的生活成本进行调整。Facebook会检查员工登入公司内部账号的地点,确保他们如实汇报自己的所在地。”彭博社9月的报道称,VMWare公司也可能会对选择异地办公的员工降薪。 知情人士说:“例如,原来在加州帕洛阿尔托市总部工作的员工选择去丹佛异地办公,就必须接受18%的减薪。”另一位在透露内部政策时要求匿名的人士表示:“如果要离开硅谷去洛杉矶或圣地亚哥办公,就意味着要放弃8%的薪水。”

但是,“薪酬地方化”的发展方向也困难重重。例如,如果一家公司向全国范围内的工人放开工作岗位,而有越来越多的女性或有色人种求职者被雇用,那该怎么应付可能面临的争议?该公司是否还会向旧金山的员工支付更多薪水,即使这些人中男性或白人比例过高?

还有一些人怀疑,一旦疫情得到控制或疫苗普及,“永远逃离大城市”的想法是否还会持续。乔纳森·米勒是纽约房地产领域的一名热门专栏作家,今年夏天,他告诉《财富》杂志的记者约翰·杰夫·罗伯茨,他认为逃离大城市确实是一股趋势,但并不一定会持续下去。 “他认为,疫情的影响和此前的一些重大意外很像,诸如雷曼兄弟于2008年经济危机中倒闭,还有9/11袭击等。这些事件同样使得人们一股脑逃离纽约,但只是暂时的;许多离开纽约的人在一两年后就又回来了。米勒预计,疫情后也会发生类似的现象。”

这可能是许多雇主仍在探索怎样安排远程工作政策的原因之一。 韦莱韬悦的调查发现,有37%的公司“尚无正式的政策或配套细则来管理这些安排,尽管在这些目前尚无正式政策的公司中,有60%正在规划或考虑,将在明年采用正式政策。而那些已有相关政策的公司中,有近三分之二(64%)正在计划或考虑,在今年或明年对其进行修改,以适应工作地点不断变化的新情况。”(财富中文网)

编译:陈聪聪

It sounds like the perfect arbitrage opportunity: Leave your crowded city for a bigger place in the 'burbs, but keep your big city salary.

But now, a new study by global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson shows that many employers aren't necessarily planning to let you keep your full paycheck if you move. The survey of 344 employers in North America showed that nearly 20% of employers are "setting pay levels by first determining the market value of an employee’s skills and then applying a geographic differential based on where the employee is located." However six in 10 employers say they will continue to pay remote employees the same as in-office employees "no matter where they work."

While Twitter has been on the forefront of decentralizing it's workforce (and paying them in part based on where they live), other tech companies have recently taken a similar path. Facebook made headlines this spring when it announced that starting in January 2021, "employee compensation will be adjusted based on the cost of living in the locations where workers choose to live. Facebook will make sure employees are honest about their location by checking where they log in to internal systems from," according to the New York Times. Bloomberg reported in September that employees at VMWare who chose to move could also expect pay cuts. "Employees who worked at VMware’s Palo Alto, California, headquarters and go to Denver, for example, must accept an 18% salary reduction, people familiar with the matter said. Leaving Silicon Valley for Los Angeles or San Diego means relinquishing 8% of their annual pay, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing internal policies."

But the movement towards "pay localization" can be fraught as well. For instance, what if a company opened up jobs to workers spread out around the country, and women or applicants of color began to be hired at a higher rate? Would the company still pay its San Francisco-based employees more, even if they were disproportionately male or white?

Some also question whether the narrative about people "fleeing cities for good" will hold up once the pandemic is under control or there's a vaccine. Jonathan Miller, who writes a popular newsletter about New York real estate told Fortune's John Jeff Roberts this summer that he thinks the flight from big cities is real—but it won't necessarily stick. "He likens what’s happening with COVID-19 to events like the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008 and the 9/11 attacks. Those events likewise triggered a flight from New York, but only a temporary one; many of those who left returned in a year or two. Miller expects a similar phenomenon to occur with the pandemic."

That may be one reason many employers are still grappling with how to manage remote work policies. The Willis Towers Watson survey found that 37% of companies "don’t yet have a formal policy or set of principles to manage the arrangements, although 60% of those currently without formal policies are planning or considering adopting a formal policy by next year. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of those with policies are planning or considering revising them this year or next to adapt to the changing nature of where work gets done."

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