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For some employees, choosing to remain fully remote is about feeling comfortable and productive in set-ups they’ve cultivated for two years. But for others, it’s a necessity – because they’ve moved too far away from the office to commute.

Each decision comes with huge consequences for workers. For employees who work productively from home, is it right that their wages are cut? Or is dictating that pay should be in line with people's proximity to the office a fairer approach?

It’s a hard choice – but one many workers may find themselves facing in coming months. As businesses continue to grapple with the return to office, companies who are allowing staff to choose their preferred long-term working models must decide how to handle pay for remote workers who have relocated away from offices.

Businesses are currently split on whether to adjust workers’ salaries based on where they live. By August 2021, most Big Tech firms (a group including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft) had announced they would slash the pay of employees who relocated out of Silicon Valley, arguing that existing wages were pegged to high living costs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Other firms, however, say pay shouldn’t be linked to location; rather, employees will receive the same wage regardless of their local cost of living, because their work can be done from anywhere, and that cutting remote-worker pay could mean good staff leave.

Businesswoman Al Gurg is the managing director and vice chair of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, which is one of the largest conglomerates in the Middle East. Additionally, she is the Dubai Business Women Council president and board member of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 2020, Al Gurg was awarded the Legion of Honor, Chevalier (Knight) by French President Emmanuel Macron for her efforts in strengthening the partnership between France and the U.A.E.

Childers—who isn’t shy about suggesting the network could go public one day—says she doesn’t compare Chief to other well-known executive networks like G100. “We don't think of ourselves as an events company, just like we don't think of ourselves as a [co-working] space company,” she says. “We are a community first.”

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