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points by randyrand 1 day ago | 0 comments

As a small employer, I don't mind to provide a number. I'll always provide a number if I have one in mind.

But anything intellectual, me providing a number is not as useful as you think. Often, I just don't know. Especially hiring outside my expertise.

I assume every applicant is worth $0 and it's up to them to convince me otherwise. I'm willing to go as high as you can convince me. .

[–] paxy 1 day ago

The number you write isn't what the person is worth but what the position you are hiring for is worth.

[–] SpicyLemonZest 1 day ago

For a small business, that's often pretty hard to define. How much is your first marketing hire worth? Depends on how much business they bring in and how much they can get done before you need the second one. You can't identify in advance what marketing work is to be done and how important it will be - that's what you need the marketing hire for!

I'm not saying it's impossible to comply with salary disclosure, but it's harder than people think to make the disclosure "real".

[–] BobaFloutist 1 day ago

I mean you've got to pay them something while you wait to find out how much business they'll end up bringing in, so you can start with that...?

Unless you're paying on contingency, in which case you can absolutely just advertise that you're paying directly on contingency and provide the formula. That seems fine to me.