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Saying the quiet part out loud (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by an_onanist@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 81 points 6 months ago

-We offer a competitive salary.

-Places X, Y and Z offer much more.

-We don't compete with them.

Stupidly enough - not satire. I've had this conversation with three different companies. They struggle to attract talent for some weird reason.

[-] teejay@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago

We don't compete with them

"Yes you do, and you're losing." Then walk out.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago

One of them was my current employer when I was arguing about not managing to keep people on my team.

And I said exactly that, except didn't walk out naturally. In another frustrated discussion I almost yelled "You can't CHOOSE not to compete with them!"

[-] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I’ve heard this a million times.

That’s why we want passionate people. If they’re not passionate about the product, they’ll just leave us for somewhere that pays more.

So… pay more?

Why should you stay when we don’t pay competitively? We have difficult problems to solve.

Sure, will my landlady accept that as legal tender? Because they also have those at the other company.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

A capitalist company with a CEO earning what CEOs earn, and a board of directors maximizing profit, does not get to shame me for wanting to get paid as much as I can.