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Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary ranges when law requires it?

#1
I saw a few ads here for hiring over the last month for YC companies in NYC that did not post their salary range, and clicking through to the post on their portal the range was also nowhere to be found.

I can't comment on those posts, so I wasn't able to do any type of callout. I thought I remember being able to comment on them, but I think that functionality was removed ...

Why is this acceptable?

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#3
Contact the company, and tell them they need to publish their salary range. Or else you'll report them to the NYC Attorney General (or whoever is in charge of this thing). Maybe they're ignorant. Or they're hoping noone calls them out on this. Either way, make sure they know the consequences if they don't publish it

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post #2

Probably because HN is not a law enforcement agency for New York City. The law has some exceptions, perhaps those apply. Why not contact the company and politely ask for the salary range?

I agree with the sentiment but maybe you can see this post as them doing that very thing but aimed at YC. While I agree normal HN posts don’t need to be policed, the ads for hiring at YC companies aren’t normal posts.

Re: Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary ranges when law requires it?

#6

Contact the company, and tell them they need to publish their salary range. Or else you'll report them to the NYC Attorney General (or whoever is in charge of this thing). Maybe they're ignorant. Or they're hoping noone calls them out on this. Either way, make sure they know the consequences if they don't publish it

This will certainly move you to the top of the list for hiring consideration. /s

Re: Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary ranges when law requires it?

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post #2

Probably because HN is not a law enforcement agency for New York City. The law has some exceptions, perhaps those apply. Why not contact the company and politely ask for the salary range?

>Probably because HN is not a law enforcement agency for New York City.

Okay? But this law exists in other places too.

>Why not contact the company and politely ask for the salary range?

Because its not their responsibility to make sure some random corp is following the law? They're just getting burned by the effect.

Re: Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary ranges when law requires it?

#9

Contact the company, and tell them they need to publish their salary range. Or else you'll report them to the NYC Attorney General (or whoever is in charge of this thing). Maybe they're ignorant. Or they're hoping noone calls them out on this. Either way, make sure they know the consequences if they don't publish it

This will certainly move you to the top of the list for hiring consideration. /s

The user in question sells alt data. If they’re remotely competent at doing so, they have zero need to work at a startup much less a YC-funded one.

Re: Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary ranges when law requires it?

#10
post #2

Probably because HN is not a law enforcement agency for New York City. The law has some exceptions, perhaps those apply. Why not contact the company and politely ask for the salary range?

HN is being payed by these companies for these posts. Surely it wouldn’t be too hard for HN devs to have a running list of states that require salary ranges to be posted, and check against that when the customer submits a request.

Then it will make it easier as more and more states require the bare-minimum worker right of public salaries.

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