Entrepreneur and content creator Ankur Warikoo recently shared a recruitment incident on Twitter at his former startup Nearbuy where he revealed a conversation with the human resource person about the salary for the new joinee.
In a Twitter thread shared on Thursday, Warikoo spoke of the incident involving the new recruit, who was earning Rs 4.2 lakh in her previous organisation and was informed by the human resource person that the new joinee must be earning three times the salary.
We were hiring for a software engineer at nearbuy (my previous startup).The candidate we really liked was working at one of the IT giants for the past 3 years.
His salary was 4.2LpaThe HR manager asked, "how much should we pay him?"
"Why are you even asking?"Because...
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— Ankur Warikoo (@warikoo) June 22, 2023
"Will work for groups/ orgs with small HC .. will fail if large organisations use this model," one user wrote.
"If we have the means to offer deserving candidates their true worth, we should do it, without hesitation. And that's how the best teams are built. Thank you for prioritizing merit and potential over a strict budget at your previous startup," another user wrote.
"Really good thread, @warikoo but if at least a few orgs follow this sheet, the business for the org would be tremendous considering people will work due to the pay. Sadly, that's not the case. With 8+ exp, in Corp Comm + Marketing, I'm being offered 8-10L. Imagine," a third user wrote.
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