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It feels like her role is an auxiliary function, like Office Manager or QA, so I think her generic analysis works. If her role was central to the business, then

It feels like her role is an auxiliary function, like Office Manager or QA, so I think her generic analysis works. If her role was central to the business, then I don't think she would be valuing her contribution with a one-liner like 'Employee’s value-add to the company (I used 15%, which I think is pretty low!)'. Instead the question of her value-add would be the starting/central point of the negotiation.

tptacek 14y ago
Huh? Nobody offers .5% equity to an "office manager" or "QA". She says in the post her role is "Director". Michelle is an enterprise software consultant with an engineering background.
- riazrizvi 14y ago
  then, wow, she's getting screwed.
  - btilly 14y ago
    She's married to a co-founder. If she thinks that she's increasing the odds of a successful exit, then below market compensation could be financially worthwhile for that reason alone.
taybin 14y ago
Her twitter account says she's an engineer. What makes you think her role is Office Manager or QA?
- colmvp 14y ago
  Not to mention her current salary is 140k (after bonuses), which I think would be quite a bit above what most office managers and QA people make.
- dkador 14y ago
  Probably because she's a woman and people here can be very sexist?
wetzler 14y ago
It'd be pretty strange for a startup's first hire to be an office manager ;-)