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My first thought: a startup in the server business shouldn't be also trying to redefine compensation in the world. I say this because I've tried something simil

My first thought: a startup in the server business shouldn't be also trying to redefine compensation in the world. I say this because I've tried something similar several times, and always regretted it. They're going to have a lot to accomplish. Blogging and interviewing and dealing with the inevitable unforseen consequences of this decision is going to take their collective eyes off the ball. Let a growth-stage company take this sort of thing on. My second thought was that this feels like a combo humble brag and first world whining. The organic raspberries bit is particularly grinding. I hate to be negative, but I don't see much high-minded in this, much as the blog post would have me do so.

readflaggedcomm 6y ago
Isn't the point to avoid worrying and talking about it, once these initial posts are written? They decide once for everyone, and they're done, which eliminates a whole class of negotiations and uncertainty.
- scrozier 6y ago
  That may be the point, but when you introduce something radical, it's naive to think that it's "one and done." I would guess that within 6 months, many issues will be raised internally about this policy. It's not that I disagree with the policy itself (though I probably do), but that the weight of a century or so of inertia and policy and expectation will sink it. I want to point out that it's not that I oppose companies trying radical new things. Quite the opposite. It's just that, having tried it myself several times, I have experience with the practical side of it.