[hackerfromthefu]

You save a large amount of time and energy by having one point of contact for multiple disparate services/skills.

In other words such a person delivers a higher amount of value, above the individual tasks done, by saving you time on coordination and hiring.

I'm wondering if your offers are reflecting this value that a multi-skilled person would provide you? Or do you expect to get the benefit of their extra skills for free while they don't benefit from their own skillset, which they must have spent a lot of time learning?

[newaccount74]

My offer was based on how much I could afford to pay. Maybe that was the problem, I don't know. All I know is that the people who applied (and who I ended up hiring) were pretty focussed on their job description and liked to have someone tell them what to do.

There was one guy who declined my offer because it was too low who later started their own business, so maybe you are right that people with multiple skills just want more money.

[giantg2]

And in my view, if you're a jack of all trades then you're setting yourself up for lower future compensation. Most of the jobs are at big companies, and big companies want specialists. Switching between roles reduces the opportunity to become an expert in any of them.