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What potential hire would want to risk offending them by turning down their preference, though? You're introducing pressure and sending a signal. Frugality is
by wensing 16y ago
What potential hire would want to risk offending them by turning down their preference, though? You're introducing pressure and sending a signal.
Frugality is better applied to ink cartridges than employee comforts, IMO.
- mkramlich 16y agoie. skimp on commodities, not on talent
- roc 16y agoSkimping on commodities that affect the talent is skimping on the talent.
- blueben 16y agoI guess that is why thousands of startups are running out of run-down brick warehouses covered in a swipe of fresh paint in some of the most seismically unstable areas of San Francisco; because people care that their companies are skimping on rent.
- roc 16y agoI was referring specifically to the skimping that reaches the level where it effects the talent. Choosing functional real estate can certainly be fine. But what would you think of a startup that chose Oakland over SF to save even more money?
- Confusion 16y agoPerhaps they should turn it around: offer the applicant the choice, without stating a preference. If he chooses the hotel, it counts against him, because startups need to be frugal. The applicant should realize that they're not just interviewing him, but perhaps a dozen others and the difference adds up. On the other hand, when he's hired, he should expect to be made comfortable: don't skimp on chairs, displays, airconditioning, etc. Whether that's the case should become clear during the interview: it's also about "do I want to work here?"
- j_baker 16y agoIf I had a strong enough preference for not using airbnb, I would. If my choice of accommodations is that big an issue, I probably don't want to work there anyway.