So what I -a worker- choose to live in a HCOL area YOU choose to operate your company in a HCOL area so why are only workers expected to make sacrifices?

Why is the burden always on the worker. If a worker lives in a HCOL area they are told to move or commute longer but companies are never told to pay workers a wage so their workers dont have to commute an hour plus or struggle in the area the company choose to operate in.