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A comment on Ask HN: Why doesn't YC list compensation for their own open positions?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't YC list compensation for their own op... by onion2k on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:14AM (#29722939)
If you list the salary as too low, you're sending out a negative signal and will get less qualified candidates.

So the point of not listing the salary is to attract highly qualified candidates who don't know they're worth more than the role pays? That doesn't seem to be a good thing.

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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't YC list compensation for their own op... by wiseowise on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @04:11AM (#29723198)
Not a good thing for the employee, good thing for the company.
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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't YC list compensation for their own op... by onion2k on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @06:09AM (#29723798)
It's bad for the company too, in the mid- to long-term. As soon as anyone who accepted the low offer realises they've been screwed they'll either leave or their productivity will take a nosedive. Either way you end up recruiting someone again, which is expensive (in time) and tedious.
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