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Compensation for an interview for a job that even poorly compensated would put you in the top 5%? Talk about privilege. I'll happily do the interview on my ow

by snarfy 4y ago

Compensation for an interview for a job that even poorly compensated would put you in the top 5%? Talk about privilege. I'll happily do the interview on my own time for that potential payout. Push back? I'll be taking your job.

p1esk 4y ago
Unless you know you’re good and everyone wants you. Otherwise, yeah, good luck with pushing back.
BlargMcLarg 4y ago
That's an awful lot of assumptions. These practices are happening outside the very lucrative tech hubs as well. If this was just the hubs, that'd be something else entirely. Nor do I believe constantly encouraging more and more competition is in anyway healthy for society as a whole. Companies are already facilitating burnout cultures as is, and it's not at all evident if this benefits them in the long run.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Even if you aren’t in the “very lucrative tech hubs” and you’re making about $140K, a salary you can get in any large metro area in the US within 5-7 years and strategic job hopping, it still puts you in the top 10% of earners
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  - lotsofpulp 4y ago
    Top 10% does not get you as much as it used to these days.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      Amazingly people aren’t living in their cars and starving on only $140K…
      - ushakov 4y ago
        you should add yet to it inflation eats the bottom out and soon enough $140k will be barely enough to make the ends meet
giantg2 4y ago
I wish I was on the top 5%...
pmoriarty 4y ago
This is a race to the bottom.
- themacguffinman 4y ago
  That's...generally what competition is.
user_7832 4y ago
The problem with "letting the market decide" (which is very similar to what you're suggesting - "If you don't want the interview I'll take it!") hides long term (negative) impacts and costs. "Letting the market decide" has made fossil fuels cheap enough that we've got a climate crisis. "Sure, we destroyed the planet, but for a brief period of time the hand of the market ruled fair!"
- throwaway6532 4y ago
  The reality is sometimes the market decides to do terrible things.

by snarfy 4y ago

p1esk 4y ago

Unless you know you’re good and everyone wants you. Otherwise, yeah, good luck with pushing back.

BlargMcLarg 4y ago

That's an awful lot of assumptions. These practices are happening outside the very lucrative tech hubs as well. If this was just the hubs, that'd be something else entirely. Nor do I believe constantly encouraging more and more competition is in anyway healthy for society as a whole. Companies are already facilitating burnout cultures as is, and it's not at all evident if this benefits them in the long run.

scarface74 4y ago
Even if you aren’t in the “very lucrative tech hubs” and you’re making about $140K, a salary you can get in any large metro area in the US within 5-7 years and strategic job hopping, it still puts you in the top 10% of earners
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- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  Top 10% does not get you as much as it used to these days.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Amazingly people aren’t living in their cars and starving on only $140K…
    - ushakov 4y ago
      you should add yet to it inflation eats the bottom out and soon enough $140k will be barely enough to make the ends meet

giantg2 4y ago

I wish I was on the top 5%...

pmoriarty 4y ago

This is a race to the bottom.

themacguffinman 4y ago
That's...generally what competition is.

user_7832 4y ago

The problem with "letting the market decide" (which is very similar to what you're suggesting - "If you don't want the interview I'll take it!") hides long term (negative) impacts and costs. "Letting the market decide" has made fossil fuels cheap enough that we've got a climate crisis. "Sure, we destroyed the planet, but for a brief period of time the hand of the market ruled fair!"

throwaway6532 4y ago
The reality is sometimes the market decides to do terrible things.