[brianwawok]

Idk, offer most people 300-500k and they will go eh, when can I start? You don’t know how many engineers in the world would take that.

[dccoolgai]

Certainly, everyone has "a number" they're willing to suffer for - but telegraphing the suffering ensures that number will be maxed out and morale/motivation will be rock bottom. So: you're paying a huge premium for underperforming talent. Destruction.

[Obrigada]

Morale is already pretty low, at least for those of us making less than the SWEs.

[spicyusername]

    It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.