Re:Ask HN: Feelings on salary vs. hourly?
by lifeisstillgood on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @02:42AM
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Sorry I saw a new account on a sensitive subject - as the man says assumption makes an ass of you and umption...
Are you paying hourly because originally things were uncertain and salaries were a big risk on the founders? If this has changed (good rep, plenty of orders trhough next six months) then maybe salary is the way to go.
My feeling though is salary is only part of a question about sharing and managing risk. Games development is risky and there will be better qualified people here to advise but I would look at how the whole risk/reward is structured - salaried employees take on the bread and butter corporate games, freelancers take the riskier retail with some shared upside? There are many ways to do it but at the moment it sounds that it's in peoples interet to work longer hours rather than ship early.
Are you paying hourly because originally things were uncertain and salaries were a big risk on the founders? If this has changed (good rep, plenty of orders trhough next six months) then maybe salary is the way to go.
My feeling though is salary is only part of a question about sharing and managing risk. Games development is risky and there will be better qualified people here to advise but I would look at how the whole risk/reward is structured - salaried employees take on the bread and butter corporate games, freelancers take the riskier retail with some shared upside? There are many ways to do it but at the moment it sounds that it's in peoples interet to work longer hours rather than ship early.