I like this! Neatly sidesteps the issue of people being unwilling to negotiate hard—already something people don’t like doing, and I’m sure EAs at non-profits even moreso—in favour of letting them ask for what they need.
And letting (in-the-scheme-of-things) small amounts of money block someone from founding a field-leading charity is just plain dumb.
Same for startup founders; I know people who took a tiny or no salary for many years, only to find that when their startup failed they were broke. The upside is small, the downside very large.
Pay among EA orgs has (as I understand it) been reasonably competitive in general, so perhaps AIM is an exception (I remember Joey’s salary was mentioned explicitly in the application form for CEO!) rather than the rule. But notable that Lewis Bollard said recently that animal welfare as a movement pays extremely badly, and perhaps with the influx of new funding we’ll see this change.
I like this! Neatly sidesteps the issue of people being unwilling to negotiate hard—already something people don’t like doing, and I’m sure EAs at non-profits even moreso—in favour of letting them ask for what they need.
Same for startup founders; I know people who took a tiny or no salary for many years, only to find that when their startup failed they were broke. The upside is small, the downside very large.
Pay among EA orgs has (as I understand it) been reasonably competitive in general, so perhaps AIM is an exception (I remember Joey’s salary was mentioned explicitly in the application form for CEO!) rather than the rule. But notable that Lewis Bollard said recently that animal welfare as a movement pays extremely badly, and perhaps with the influx of new funding we’ll see this change.