He doesn't have to pay Google wage rates. He also doesn't have to wait it out for a bigger candidate pool so he can 'negotiate' lower baselines.
Business owner is using a turtle strategy. Opportunistic yes but also seeing people as numbers on a spreadsheet.
OP stated that he feels fear. Fear is a reasonable reaction when a Business Owner closes doors for conversation to wait out catching google 'talent' at a bargain.
Some people are in a situation where they need work now or very soon.
>but also seeing people as numbers on a spreadsheet.
Looking at numbers in spreadsheets is how you stay in business.
>Some people are in a situation where they need work now or very soon.
Then they should lower their rates until they find a market clearing salary.
I'm flabbergasted at the argument that a business should pay a potential employee whatever they demand, because that person "needs work". It flies in the face of all logic.
> I'm flabbergasted at the argument that a business should pay a potential employee whatever they demand, because that person "needs work". It flies in the face of all logic.
I think the general issue with my post is that the moderators want this to be a "place of ideas". So that tends towards the appearance of decorum being more important here than actually treating people better in the current crisis.
Perhaps by asserting the OP is trying to "exploit" the situation by not wanting to pay Google wage rates at their small business?
I'm not sure I understand why the business owner "deserves" to take the financial hit for the sake of a new employee. The market will sort it out.