Re: WMF hiring in the US and globally

Thank you for the responses. Paloma, thanks for setting up the Meta
page. A few others and I have posted additional comments on the talk
page -- perhaps you can take a look when you have a chance. The US
state restriction seems particularly unusual, even for smaller
US-based nonprofits.

Delphine, thanks for laying out the complexity of international
hiring. I saw the beginning of the EOR implementation at WMF, and
evaluated several EORs at my most recent job. I fully agree with you
on the compensation question; geographically adjusted payscales are
both defensible and, unfortunately, quite complex to manage as the
number of countries increases.

I can see a plausible argument that reducing the number of countries
may increase applicant diversity e.g. from the Global South, depending
on the hiring process, but I would caution that several Global South
countries were also removed as part of this update.

Generally, I think data is the best way to support decisions like
this, both to show cost/complexity tradeoffs, and to measure the
impact on geographic diversity in hiring. The Meta page says: "We plan
to review this list annually to assess evolving conditions and as we
learn from implementation."  To support learning across the movement,
I would appreciate continued updates on this process.

Thanks again,

Erik
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