Are you awesome? Then you should work for us!

[Boltgun]

wish you guys were in Nova Scotia! that's right up my ally.

Boltgun

[Incendiary]

OK, as someone who's heard this line before, and as someone who's done hiring at a variety of levels, I have a couple thoughts.

1. This reads a few different ways. Either 'We may be open to talking about what this position is actually worth to us at an undisclosed later date that may or may not ever materialize.' having heard this before, this is usually what is meant. Could also read as 'You're not not going to be paid what you're worth to us unless we like you as a person', or maybe some other, less charitable interpretations.

2. From a hiring perspective this reeks of "we can't find good applicants"/"no one wants to work anymore" mentality. If you want good applicants, decide what the role is worth to the company, shop around with comparable roles and make sure the responsibilities-compensation line up at least in your area(better yet in the industry and comparable industries), then offer that. You'll get more interested people and more qualified people when you ditch the 'we'll start you on a lower wage' mentality. When your workers aren't living hand to mouth you'll find they do better work.

It's YOUR JOB as a hiring manager to determine if someone is going to be a good fit, it is NOT your employee's job to work at a lower wage while you try to figure out if you like them enough or not.

To back MDT a little here, they are well reviewed by employees and it does seem like a decent place to work. But I agree with you that “expert enthusiast level” service rep for a high end manufacturer is worth way more than 20 or 25 an hour. It’s not like you are working for Savage or Kel Tec. MDT is a specialty company.

They will likely hire a young kid who is eager to learn and doesn’t have a family to feed. Nothing “wrong” with that, other than I wish I could afford to work for them lol.

[Thunderhog]

wish you guys were in Nova Scotia! that's right up my ally.

Boltgun

My wife is from Nova Scotia, it has become very WOKE and extremely Liberal in the last ten years.

Oh wait, the lower mainland of BC is also very WOKE and very socialist NDP.

I thought you might be able to move here, never mind......

Sometimes it's best to stay with the WOKE one already knows.....LOL

[uAJollyRogering]

My wife is from Nova Scotia, it has become very WOKE and extremely Liberal in the last ten years.

Oh wait, the lower mainland of BC is also very WOKE and very socialist NDP.

I thought you might be able to move here, never mind......

Sometimes it's best to stay with the WOKE one already knows.....LOL

ok ralph