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This is exactly what I've seen in some companies near where I live--they refuse to hire at market rates, and if they resort to "but but but cost of living" I as
by angersock 12y ago
This is exactly what I've seen in some companies near where I live--they refuse to hire at market rates, and if they resort to "but but but cost of living" I assume they're trying to sell me something.
It's so fucking obvious--pay the same amount, have a better culture, and that should be it. Alas, some folks are a bit slow. :(
- notastartup 12y agoat least they are descent enough to consider cost of living. In a corner of Canada where I live, they refuse to adjust to the highest cost of living, highest cost of real estate, and still find a way to pay under the market rate because "remember, you are living in the most beautiful part of Canada, and warmest too, that's the cost" such bullshit.
- JPKab 12y agoVancouver?
- freehunter 12y agoPaying the same amount would be challenging if they're not doing the same amount of business. Google can pay an average software engineer $100k because they do a lot of business. Should a company that only makes $100k in a single year pay their developers the same? Tech companies in SF tend to be pretty big/well funded organizations.
- georgemcbay 12y agoThis is true, but at the same time a company making $100k in a single year probably doesn't need to hire "the best of the best" (even if they think they do, because everyone thinks they do) and can actually get by with local college grads until such a time as they hit a scale where they need outside help, by which point they can hopefully pay for it.