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You just pointed out why your argument fails - it's a poor indicator. A company that doesn't offer lots of benefits may or may not respect its employees. Like

• coldtea 14y ago
  >Likewise an employee willing to accept a below-market offer may or may not be committed to the vision. What vision? I thought we are all professionals working for the money. It seems bleeding edge capitalism forgets the "free market" and "egoism turns out for the best" and resorts to idealism and religious-like "visions" for the company -- in order to have fools work for less than they could.
  • aplusbi 14y ago
    Uh, I'm not sure why you're responding to me as my point was that offering below market salaries to try and get "good" employees is a stupid idea. That said, most people don't work solely for money and I'm sure you don't either. If they did, then everyone would want to work on Wall Street.
  • coldtea 14y ago
    >Uh, I'm not sure why you're responding to me as my point was that offering below market salaries to try and get "good" employees is a stupid idea. Hi, I wasn't answering to your comment as it is, just got inspiration from your "vision" quote (something that one hears often repeated from startup guys). >That said, most people don't work solely for money and I'm sure you don't either. If they did, then everyone would want to work on Wall Street. Sure (I also care for the work environment, tech involved etc), but that doesn't mean I work for some "vision" or that I even believe that 99% of startups even have a vision worthy of mention.