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Some other things I would consider: Dress Code, am I going to have to wear a collared shirt every day? Am I going to wear a Tie? If you expect me to take a payc
by ChrisBland 13y ago
Some other things I would consider: Dress Code, am I going to have to wear a collared shirt every day? Am I going to wear a Tie? If you expect me to take a paycut from market then you had better expect I'm going to be comfortable. Vacation: I know it may seem unfair to other employees, but if you can't pay like the big boys and you still have a vacation policy, then you need to allocate more. Normal is 3 weeks, give them 5 weeks. A conference budget, will I be able to further my education while employed? Internal Hackathons, do you allow your engineers to pick any project and work on it for a week?
If your company is having a hard time hiring great devs and/or can't afford them, take a look at your policies. Thats a big reason we don't want to work for you.
- fecak 13y agoDress code could have made this list. Conference budget is something I considered, but that also costs out-of-pocket for the firm. I didn't mention benefits for the same cost reason. I've actually had conference costs written into an offer letter a few times for new hires. That is something that benefits the employee and (sometimes) the company, particularly if the company rep is a speaker and represents well. Internal hackathons and 20% (or less) time type programs would attract at least some others.