And that should be cash compensation. No stocks. No options. They can give stocks and options if they want to pay more, but I don't want to see companies saying

And that should be cash compensation. No stocks. No options. They can give stocks and options if they want to pay more, but I don't want to see companies saying the need somebody and then giving them $100k in stock options or something and paying them $50k or something. It's bad enough that we have a job problem. The last thing I want is the few good jobs left where people can actually negotiate great wages be left to companies to circumvent the market using labor laws.