Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary ranges when law requires it?

Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by next_xibalba on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:54PM (#33972802)

This, to me, is a really good signal of how well run a company is. After all, a company is merely a collection of people on whom its outcomes are entirely dependent. Thus, the single most important function a company can perform is hiring. If a company fails to recognize this or just does it incompetently, its probably a crappy company. Thus, slow responses == crappy company.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by ido on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:57PM (#33972863)

I would postulate the single most important thing a company can do is make money. Hiring is also important though.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by ornornor on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:08PM (#33973080)

Making money at all costs usually implies a shitty culture that I personally seek to avoid.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by ido on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:23PM (#33973361)

Nobody said at all costs.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by next_xibalba on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:09PM (#33973103)

Maybe.

But whatever the goal of your organization, achieving that goal is going to depend on the people you hire.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by ornornor on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:28PM (#33973459)

I wish every organization had read that memo :)

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by badpun on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @05:38AM (#33981904)

> I would postulate the single most important thing a company can do is make money.

Nobody in the company "makes money" (unless the company is a bank, then they literally do, by giving out loans). The people perform various functions and the money made or lost by the company is a result of a sum total of their actions.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by next_xibalba on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:06PM (#33973059)

Making money is a downstream output of the activities of your people. So, if making money is your goal, the most important thing you can do to reach your goal is to hire the right people.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by SoftTalker on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:31PM (#33973514)

If you want to hire the right people, you need to be making enough money to pay them.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by strangattractor on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:29PM (#33974415)

Companies with poor hiring likely don't make money. There maybe a select few that have such a desirable product that they cannot help themselves. Usually that is short lived as competition eats your lunch because your crappy employees cannot adapt.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary range... by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:04PM (#33974907)

"Making money" is the result of doing everything else well.

It's not difficult to find companies that cut costs in order to increase profits only for it to backfire and result in less money or even bankruptcy.

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