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The post does say that this is the minimum regardless of position, not just developer salary. Of course the cleaners could be (and more often than not are) outs
by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
The post does say that this is the minimum regardless of position, not just developer salary. Of course the cleaners could be (and more often than not are) outside contractors.
- prepend 7y agoStep 1) outsource low paying positions to temp/service companies. Step 2) pay all employees at least $70k. This is a tough problem to solve but nice they are trying. Paying a receptionist or cleaning person $70k doesn’t make much sense because it’s way above market rate. But outsourcing to a company paying $11/hour doesn’t fit into the “everybody makes a good amount” message.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoI don't know why you were down-voted. Practically every company does 1 these days. I'd have more respect for a company that says "we pay everyone at least 40k" and doesn't outsource the janitor.
- mcv 7y agoOr you could get the best receptionist and cleaner in the world.
- zip1234 7y agoIf you have one office location that takes a crew one or two hours to clean per week, why would you have someone on staff to do that?
- jolfdb 7y agoThat's completely irrelevant or disingenuous. Obviously you can prorate an annual wage to Basecamp's advertised hours per year of work.
- jolfdb 7y agoIt's irrelevant if market rate is below what you pay, as long as you can afford it; employees won't complain and leave for being overpaid. The Google masseuse got $millions (in the IPO).
- scarface74 7y agoI would think that most small companies don’t own their own office and are renting space in a building where the building owners contract out cleaning for all of the tenants.