> Why assume that somebody asking for their market rate wouldn't be a good fit for your company? That's twisting my words. What I said is that if salary is the

> Why assume that somebody asking for their market rate wouldn't be a good fit for your company? That's twisting my words. What I said is that if salary is their primary concern, then they're not a good fit. Asking for your market rate is just fine, so long as you understand that what we can give you is constrained by what has been decided by the team is a reasonable level of pay for that position. Someone who, knowing our culture, still insists on being an exception and getting a different salary, is basically saying that they care far more about their own outcome than about the outcome for the company as a whole. Teamwork is one of our core values, so they've just marked themselves out as a bad culture fit. > Personally, I prefer to separate salary negotiation from the rest of the decision about whether somebody would be a good fit. Arguably, with our system the salary negotiation is entirely separated out - and then reduced to nothing. There is no salary negotiation. The salary is what's on offer in the job ad, and that's that. If you don't like it, don't apply.