I wrote a 9-page guide on how to negotiate your salary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RkyqijoSb6ZKfhCeKkxnQMJ7XkXqY8k8kgw6tFNLKgg/edit

For founders: I write about negotiating, which you can use for anything.
For job seekers: I provide resources, links, and sentences you can use during salary negotiation.

they/them, candlemaker at 🕯️humankind🕯️, seemore.tv/humankind, hosting /samantha and /humankind

Thank you for the write-up, Sam, super detailed and insightful!

If a job is 100% remote, why do so many companies account for the candidate's location in the salary? IMO it shouldn't be a factor at all. I don't deserve a lower salary if I choose to live somewhere with a lower cost of living. What are your thoughts?

Essentially, the person in the LCOL can have a better lifestyle than those in the HCOL. That probably wouldn’t be fair. And asking the person in the HCOL to move is unreasonable. 

You might appreciate this:

Essentially, the person in the LCOL can have a better lifestyle than those in the HCOL. That probably wouldn’t be fair. And asking the person in the HCOL to move is unreasonable. 

You might appreciate this: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensation/