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A story on the bullet point about low pay. One of the mottos painted on the company wall was "We don't want people here just for the money." The CEO put it up
by kelukelugames 10y ago
A story on the bullet point about low pay.
One of the mottos painted on the company wall was "We don't want people here just for the money." The CEO put it up because they couldn't pay a competitive rate. The hiring manager insisted they paid well. A bunch of devs left claiming they were paid near the lower end. For example, one dev received only a $1k pay increase when she was promoted from SDE1 to SDE2.
How can perception be so different between CEO, managers, and developers?
- AtheistOfFail 10y agoBecause software guys just write software. They don't do anything else... until it blows up and your company loses that big client worth 100k/yr then writing software is a priority.
- user5994461 10y ago> How can perception be so different between CEO, managers, and developers? It's not perception, it's marketing. The interviewer cannot tell: "We pay under market. If you go interview at almost any other company in town, you'll 20% more easily". People would just not work there. What happens instead is, they either lie straight to their face or oversell the "culture". In your example. The CEO going for "people don't work for the money" is classic bullshit meaning they have low wages but it's a good place (even though it is not). The manager saying they "pay well" is a straight lie. People will believe it most of the time. They can keep employees around for a while. They do what they are supposed to do: Run the company, whatever it takes.
- kelukelugames 10y agoI'm sorry user5994461. My company has an open culture. My manager would not lie to me like that. /s
- user5994461 10y agoAnd my manager wouldn't think of me as just a number in the company. /s