Sure, I think that's a fair assessment. I've just gotten a few offers where they offer SIGNIFICANTLY below market rate and offer a lot of equity, and when I counter, they get upset. That's frustrating.
I'd happily take a pay cut to work for a startup that I believed in, but there is a lower limit that I can feasibly accept before I'm living paycheck to paycheck again, and that's just a miserable place to be, imo.
Any one who gets upset during salary negotiation is either trying to scam you or not emotionally mature enough to run a business. Either way, walk away.
Agreed. People have different appetite for risk and are at different stages in life, and it strikes me as very strange when folks - especially young, single founders with few living expenses - get upset when someone negotiates for higher compensation.
it strikes me as very strange when folks - especially young, single founders with few living expenses - get upset when someone negotiates for higher compensation.
It shouldn't strike you as strange. You're expecting those young, single founders with few living expenses to empathize with people who aren't in their situation. What experience have they had that would allow them to do so?
I'd happily take a pay cut to work for a startup that I believed in, but there is a lower limit that I can feasibly accept before I'm living paycheck to paycheck again, and that's just a miserable place to be, imo.