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> In general, I don't want to pool my negotiations with other people, though. Do you not believe that a hundred people can do more work than one person? That a
by jodrellblank 6y ago
> In general, I don't want to pool my negotiations with other people, though.
Do you not believe that a hundred people can do more work than one person? That a hundred people have more buying power than one person? That a hundred processors can do more work than one?
“I have as much bargaining power as N people combined, no matter how big N is” is like believing that P=NP.
- eru 6y agoDonald Knuth believes P=NP. So I would be in rather exalted company. I don't see how it's relevant to the discussion at hand? > Do you not believe that a hundred people can do more work than one person? In total, yes. Per person, no. > That a hundred people have more buying power than one person? What do you mean by buying power? Googling for the term suggests that it's a synonym for amount of money available to buy stuff ('purchasing power'). But I don't think that's what you mean? > That a hundred processors can do more work than one? In total, yes. Per processor, no. Basically, when I am negotiating as part of a large group a few things happen, amongst them: (1) The negotiating won't be about anything that makes me special compared to those other people. (2) The company needs to be much more careful about overpaying. Granting a single high compensation to an outstanding candidate is much easier to get through the bureaucracy than a single high salary.