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jamespollack | 5 years ago

From an HN admin this is pretty off-putting.

If I work for a company and I'm earning them millions of dollars, you're saying that I don't deserve to be compensated proportionally, I should just give them my time and effort because of "self-respect"?

This explains why you always silence my replies on the Who's Hiring posts. If you truly think that people should work for 'self-respect', no wonder you hate it when I ask that companies post about their hiring requirements: length of process, type of interviews, projects and whether they're paid, etc.

Obviously you think we should all do those things for free because of our "self-respect". You must be rich AF already to have that kind of attitude.

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dwaltrip|5 years ago

> If I work for a company and I'm earning them millions of dollars, you're saying that I don't deserve to be compensated proportionally, I should just give them my time and effort because of "self-respect"?

Companies offer compensation based on a combination of the possible alternatives for that individual and cultural norms. If they know you can't get more elsewhere and the given amount is not vastly outside of the accepted norms (e.g. such that leadership feels morally satisfied and the company isn't at risk of harm due to a possible societal backlash), why would they offer you more?

Of course, some companies care about norms more than others. And I don't think it is ever the primary factor.

dang|5 years ago

I don't think those things. If you're curious about what I meant, I'd of course be happy to share. But this comment and your others are making me feel like that might not be a good idea to try right now.

quickthrower2|5 years ago

Yes it’s a complex emotive topic with lots of overlapping discussion and with terms like “self respect” meaning different things to different people.

The deeper into the thread the harder it is to make a point as I don’t even know who I’m answering and what they meant and what points of their comment ancestors they are answering to!

jamespollack|5 years ago

edit: he did not delete my comment, it was below the fold. sorry. my question is still the same though.

yup, dang already deleted my comment on Who's Hiring. what's your issue with engineers being able to compare processes between companies?