They could, but if you’re on a team of 6, all of whom work in the same general area (even if remote), there’s a cost to hiring someone 4 time zones away, let alone 8 or 10.
Yeah, but then don't say that it's just the cost of the replacement. Say that the same employee is just worth that much more if they are working from B instead of A, for X and Y reasons.
Having said that, I am not really buying it. There are significant pay differences based on location even in the same time zone for the same remote work.
The problem on these threads is everyone is trying to boil a complex equilibrium of supply and demand across dozens of factors and billions of actors down to “it’s just this one or two things”.
