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It's because talking about your salary is so widely taboo that you may think your rate of $40k salary is good because it's comfortable in your area, but most ch
by joshmanders 4y ago
It's because talking about your salary is so widely taboo that you may think your rate of $40k salary is good because it's comfortable in your area, but most chances are you don't realize that your co-worker who has the same skill level and workload is getting paid $80k and that's a good way to piss off your employees.
Pay for skills not for cost of living. You hire someone for what they can bring to the table not how much you can profit off them.
- jrochkind1 4y agoI have no opinion to express on adjusting pay for area of residence, but note that Gitlab's salaries appear to be unusually exceptionally transparent, so your story of taboos about discussing salary and secrecy of colleague's salaries probably does not apply to them. https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensation/compensation-calculator/ https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensation...
- codegeek 4y ago"You hire someone for what they can bring to the table not how much you can profit off them." Not sure if I agree with this naive view. Yes, you hire people and give them what they want in exchange for work but at the end of the day, I am absolutely trying to save money as a company and increase profits as long as I am doing it reasonably.
- webdood90 4y agofascinating how people come to the defense of corporations like this. why? do you feel that someday you'll be in their shoes and have the power to dictate salaries? you are likely a worker like everyone else here. demand better.
- nemetroid 4y agoYou don’t have to like it, or harbor power fantasies, to be realistic about how supply and demand works out.