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Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by Judgmentality »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #359
Judgmentality wrote: post #355

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> Also, making decisions around catching Tesla or GME at the right timing in the market… that’s not a great starting point for investment strategy. I thought the same thing for years, and just avoided the market except for a 401k and stock granted by companies I worked at. Then I got into trading because I thought I could make money trading volatile stocks and I've never looked back (I've already made enough to retir…

Do you work on your own accord then and do not need to subject yourself to a boss?

Yep, I quit my job in tech and just do whatever I want currently. I may take another regular job, I may not. I'd hardly even call what I do now "work," although I am still actively investing.

Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by renewiltord »

DangitBobby wrote: post #288
renewiltord wrote: post #189

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Surely, it’s easier to believe that than that some non-chain grocer is protesting paying more by shutting down entirely.

Would it be fair to say that the ones shutting down are not the ones receiving more business during the pandemic? Or are you saying that their new found success has actually killed them? Because the claim by the original comment here is that volume doesn't matter.

Well, I suspect they're saying volume increases are coupled with margin decreases to zero. Certainly I find it more believable that people are closing honestly because they can't make money rather than people are closing to protest hazard pay.

The latter seems unlikely. If the business is viable, the business owner is going to want to run it. It's his baby and his life, he won't kill it just because he disagrees politically.

Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by lotsofpulp »

ativzzz wrote: post #357
lotsofpulp wrote: post #283

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Yes, this law will disproportionately benefit sellers of labor with a worse supply/demand situation. Price transparency is always better for the party (buyer or seller) in the worse supply/demand situation.

So maybe it should be limited to certain industries, like low skilled laborers and not white collar office jobs

Why? Prices are the signal to market participants for allocating resources. It is the whole basis of free markets and why they work.

What would society gain by obfuscated pricing? Assuming the goal is to benefit all of society, and not certain individuals who happen to be able to take advantage of arbitrage scenarios.

Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by shard »

PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #345
Kirby64 wrote: post #213

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Lie vs. miss is relative. Every single inspector in the US at least has liability that only extends to the cost of their inspection (or, sometimes, 2x their inspection cost...). Hardly enough to cover any losses if there is major damage that is overlooked. I had a friend who bought a house with major termite damage (i.e., every wall had to be removed to repair the studs basically), and 2 inspectors overlooked the dam…

Home inspectors in the US are barely useful. If you really don't know anything about houses (or feel as if you do not), then having someone walk you through some of the things you may have to face living in a particular house is probably a good idea. However, even as just an enthusiastic amateur, I know more about home construction and repair than most home inspectors. When I bought my current house I skipped the hom…

I like your solution of gathering subject matter experts and getting individual reports. Did the 3 of them cover all aspects of the house? I am not an expert so I don't know if anything is left out, does the structural engineer also cover plumbing? Or is that not an issue?

Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by shard »

Judgmentality wrote: post #355
edmundsauto wrote: post #333

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You also probably miss out on the fraud and negative ROI that the investigations would conceivably uncover. Also, making decisions around catching Tesla or GME at the right timing in the market… that’s not a great starting point for investment strategy.

> Also, making decisions around catching Tesla or GME at the right timing in the market… that’s not a great starting point for investment strategy. I thought the same thing for years, and just avoided the market except for a 401k and stock granted by companies I worked at. Then I got into trading because I thought I could make money trading volatile stocks and I've never looked back (I've already made enough to retir…

Do you think your case is a typical case? How much does experience count? How much did you need to educate yourself to reach this level? Were there any major stumbles or obstacles? I am encouraged by your story, but am also weary that it only sounds reasonable because all the harrowing details were left out.

Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by shard »

Wistar wrote: post #290
FiatLuxDave wrote: post #249

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Does anybody know if there is a secondary market for home inspection reports? I know that the two times I was involved with a home purchase in the U.S., I needed to hire a home inspector. But the interested party in front of me also had to hire a home inspector. Would it not make sense for the interested parties to split the cost for one home inspector rather than reproducing the work? After all, copying information…

A bit tangential: Back in the early 90s — on a recommendation from a realtor who was a close friend of my brother's — I hired an inspector who was close to retirement. He worked with his wife who served as his assistant tasked with, in essence, taking dictation of her husband's near constant commentary as he conducted an incredibly thorough inspection. Every outlet tested for proper ground, every nook and cranny look…

If anyone knows what the magic words are to finding this kind of thorough report nowadays, please share!

Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by ahelwer »

ummonk wrote: post #358
ahelwer wrote: post #354

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Yes, that's what they said. There is no way to verify that. Punishing certain communities by withdrawing service to scare off future such wage increases is another explanation.

What are you arguing happened instead? That they closed still-profitable stores just to send a message?

Absolutely. Corporations do things like this all the time. Amazon orders a crash-halt to office building construction projects whenever Seattle threatens to tax them, for example. As I said in my original comment - corporations can afford to play the long game and take the hit.

Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

shard wrote: post #364
PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #345

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Home inspectors in the US are barely useful. If you really don't know anything about houses (or feel as if you do not), then having someone walk you through some of the things you may have to face living in a particular house is probably a good idea. However, even as just an enthusiastic amateur, I know more about home construction and repair than most home inspectors. When I bought my current house I skipped the hom…

I like your solution of gathering subject matter experts and getting individual reports. Did the 3 of them cover all aspects of the house? I am not an expert so I don't know if anything is left out, does the structural engineer also cover plumbing? Or is that not an issue?

I know enough about home construction and repair to be able to assess other items. Actually, I can do my own residential wiring and stud framing etc., but I was moving into an adobe house. This required a knowledge of wiring, construction and roofing that I did not have from previous work that I've done. If the plumbing had been a part of the adobe construction itself, I'd have asked for a plumber too, but it was not.

Re: Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges

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Post by insert_coin »

dcow wrote: post #253
insert_coin wrote: post #242

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Where is the "dominant market power" coming from? Asymmetry of information is what got you to the top. You know more than your competition, more on a productive process, on consumer behavior, on business partners, on leveraging financial avenues, on political "contributions", on questionable use of insider information, etc. And Information is what keeps you at the top: knowing who to "lobby" to create convenient regu…

It’s not simply asymmetry of information though. Monopolies often have an incredible amount of financial power that they deploy against people trying to enter their market. Or maybe a company is on top because of their execution. I really don’t think the entire phenomenon can be explained by information asymmetry.

The financial power comes from somewhere.

> Or maybe a company is on top because of their execution.

I already explained that part.

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