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Re:Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with ... by freepor on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:57PM (#23038652)
If they refused to hire you I’d be fine with it, but lowballing 10% means they’re not seriously concerned about the risk.
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Re:Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with ... by cheez on Friday May 01, 2020 @10:30AM (#23042320)
They didn't low ball 10%, it was more like 25%.
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Re:Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with ... by freepor on Friday May 01, 2020 @04:42PM (#23046261)
If you are an insurance company and you raise someone's rates 25% it's just business -- risk management in large pools. As a hiring decision, though, any percentage discount makes it clear that you're not seriously worried about the risk -- if you were, you just wouldn't hire the person. On the individual hiring decision the risk calculus doesn't work like that -- "they're a greater risk so they'll need to provide more of a profit compared to their salary."
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