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They can if your skills aren't unique.
by valuearb 6y ago
They can if your skills aren't unique.
- threatofrain 6y agoVery few people are unique, so what's the point in mentioning that in a tiny sentence if you're not going further with it? Perhaps the insight comes... one reply later?
- hinkley 6y agoMost employers aren’t quite sure what they’re paying for so it hardly matters if your skills are unique anyway.
- quantummkv 6y agoVery few people in any industry have a truly unique set of skills. And in jobs that can be easily remoted away like software, that quantity is even less.
- taneq 6y agoThere's not too many of us with truly unique skills. And even those can usually be covered by different combinations of employees.
- valuearb 6y agoUnique in this context doesn’t mean absolute uniqueness, it means your skills aren’t widely available. The world needs experienced Go developers for an example. Being able to hire one remotely may increase the available pool of Go developers you can hire, but it doesn’t make them cheaper. That’s because hiring remotely also increases the number of employers chasing the same few Go devs.
- bdcravens 6y agoEven those without "unique" skills can typically be taught and the company still comes out ahead.