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Re:Uncertain About Hiring, Some Companies Try ‘Test Drives’ by kourt on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @08:14PM (#8300078)
Automattic, the creator of WordPress, the blog and website tool. Still, every hire, without exception, goes through a two- to six-week contract period, and is paid the standard rate of $25 an hour.

$25/hour: seriously?

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Re:Uncertain About Hiring, Some Companies Try ‘Test Drives’ by jurassic on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @08:56PM (#8300256)
That seems ridiculously low for any software job. I've known design interns making almost double that in SF.
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