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genuinely do not deserve their asking price Deserve has fairly little to do with it. It's a market. There is a market clearing price. You appear to not want
by patio11 12y ago
genuinely do not deserve their asking price
Deserve has fairly little to do with it. It's a market. There is a market clearing price. You appear to not want to pay it. That's fine. People do not want to work for you. That's also fine. You being surprised that people are not prioritizing your offers given that you do not pay market wages, that, that makes me scratch my head a little bit.
- angersock 12y agoDude, this comes as no surprise to me--I appreciate the market forces in action. For some others, there is continued surprise. I am a bit curious about the long-term effects of the market's actions here, evaluated from a "Did we really, truly, optimally allocate resources?".
- shostack 12y agoWhat do you think it would take to change their perception sufficiently to avoid this becoming a potentially business-killing factor? If you are a tech startup, and can't hire or retain decent talent, that's a pretty important thing for the person deciding these compensation maximums to consider in the context of any growth plans, no? Sounds like I'm preaching to the choir here, but I'm curious how you are going about tackling this challenge internally.
- bduerst 12y agoOptimal is subjective. If both the company and employee are happy with (and agree to) the employment terms, then it's as optimal as it needs to be. Saying it should be a different type of optimal introduces Hume's guillotine.