I agree with you that “if you have low/suppressed pay, you harm your recruitment”. I think we disagree on how prevalent the antecedent is: I think the 80k stat you cite elsewhere is out of date—although I think some orgs still are paying in a fairly flat band around ‘entry level graduate salary’, I think others do pay more (whether enough to match market isn’t clear, but I think the shortfall is less stark than it used to be).
Hello Jon,
I agree with you that “if you have low/suppressed pay, you harm your recruitment”. I think we disagree on how prevalent the antecedent is: I think the 80k stat you cite elsewhere is out of date—although I think some orgs still are paying in a fairly flat band around ‘entry level graduate salary’, I think others do pay more (whether enough to match market isn’t clear, but I think the shortfall is less stark than it used to be).
Greg is right that the stat is out of date. I elaborate here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CkYq5vRaJqPkpfQEt/a-framework-for-thinking-about-the-ea-labor-market#osRTvpjHJHNCGWa3Q