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Why would I want to work somewhere that I notice has just taken a free chance to screw me over?
by jsprogrammer 10y ago
Why would I want to work somewhere that I notice has just taken a free chance to screw me over?
- etjossem 10y agoBecause the opportunism of the company's legal department (or laziness of them using RocketLawyer boilerplate) doesn't correlate one bit with whether you'd want to work as an engineer there. Other signals matter way more.
- nsxwolf 10y agoThat's getting to emotional. The definition of "screwing you" is you taking their first offer, no matter what it is. Both sides should be trying to get as much as they can in a negotiation.
- st3v3r 10y agoNo, this is actually screwing you. Preventing you from working for any amount of time after you've left their employ is actively trying to screw you.
- greglindahl 10y agoThis is not true at all. Getting too high of a salary may increase your chance of getting canned (performance or RIF.) And offering too low of a salary to a new employee may cause problems if the new employee finds out they're paid less than their peers.
- nsxwolf 10y agoYou're never going to convince an employer to give you "too much" money. And employers have no problem low balling you - they really don't think you're going to find out what all your peers make, which is why they discourage the practice of sharing salary information so heavily.
- greglindahl 10y agoI've seen both of these things happen in real life, and have worked at companies that had an explicit policy against low-ball salaries. Startup valuations can also be "too high" -- making it hard to raise the next round.