It's the silo of tasks that position is responsible. Most positions are "stay in your lane" & "do the job you're paid for"... When the mailroom clerk believes they know better than the CEO.

You hire a person with a specific set of tasks that you believe that they'll perform.

If that person has ability to exceed that set of tasks, then you can try to milk work out of them, or promote them based on merit.

I don't care if you have 25 years flipping burgers or one month..... 25 years does not necessarily convert to higher pay. I just need you to make 12 burgers and 42 seconds just like any high school kid to do.

I looked for a similar style position and that's where I got that pay range. I'm above the maximum now, But live in a higher cost area. I could do some research to see cost of living respective to the job, But when I see 56...pfft...research ended.

That's what I mean by not working the way they think. That low ball spread makes me discredit the organization. I might have taken the higher end, depending on housing costs (I could spend $3k less a month and break even), But I'm not going to go through the process for them to say "oh, well, we start everybody out at $56k"

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Posted by Cowboyfan89

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Posted on 6/18/21 at 11:47 am to Kujo

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That low ball spread makes me discredit the organization. I might have taken the higher end, depending on housing costs (I could spend $3k less a month and break even), But I'm not going to go through the process for them to say "oh, well,we start everybody out at $56k"

So basically you're ruling out a company based on an assumption?

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I don't care if you have 25 years flipping burgers or one month..... 25 years does not necessarily convert to higher pay. I just need you to make 12 burgers and 42 seconds just like any high school kid to do.

Jesus, another crappy example. Yeah, if I want you do one thing, I'm not paying you more because you did one thing for 25 years.

Here's a portion of the requirements for one position I recently saw posted in Texas:

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Career background: at least 10 years of relevant work experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership or senior management position with comparable staff and budget, setting strategic direction, and planning and executing its implementation is required. Non-profit or membership association experience would be a plus, as would experience in managing telecommuting/contract staff in key functions.

So let's say I have one applicant that meets the bare minimum requirements, and another that has 20 years experience and 10 years in senior management--should they both be offered the same amount of money? Both meet the requirements, but one clearly has more proven experience in a management role than the other.

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