If you want to cite a source, don't misrepresent the message - "could," "might," and "if" are used throughout the nothing-burger Reuters article you referenced. Regional pay scales WERE used (and that's what the article refers to), but I've yet to hear anyone (except someone who didn't want to be identified - in other words -- someone I made up), getting a pay cut for working at home and then choosing to commute. Additionally, given the white-hot-on-fire tech labor market, Great Resignation, and corporate bank accounts flush with cash, no one is dropping pay. In reality, those faced with a strict return-to-the-office mandate(s) are negotiating commuter bonuses or quitting in record numbers - that's really your story....