Here's what I said to one candidate this morning who wanted to pay 300% of our starting wage...

If you truly believe you’re worth $X/hour to start, we don’t want you to make less than that.

Because that would be unfair to you.

We only want people who are happy to work with us. And to have to discount your price and be paid less than you’re worth is not how to make your employees happy.

At the same time, we believe people should earn their way up the scale, whether it takes days to prove their value or years. And we don’t make exceptions to this, since we honor our standards.

So it looks like you’re not a fit for us unless you have a significant realization and departure from what you’ve already said.

// We believe in a fair system where people are paid according to what they accomplish, not by how well they negotiate or how they play the political game.

Dennis Yu

Dennis Yu is co-author of the #1 best selling book on Amazon in social media, The Definitive Guide to TikTok Ads. He has spent a billion dollars on Facebook ads across his agencies and agencies he advises. Mr. Yu is the "million jobs" guy-- on a mission to create one million jobs via hands-on social media training, partnering with universities and professional organizations. You can find him quoted in major publications and on television such as CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NPR, and LA Times. Clients have included Nike, Red Bull, the Golden State Warriors, Ashley Furniture, Quiznos-- down to local service businesses like real estate agents and dentists. He's spoken at over 750 conferences in 20 countries, having flown over 6 million miles in the last 30 years to train up young adults and business owners. He speaks for free as long as the organization believes in the job-creation mission and covers business class travel. You can find him hiking tall mountains, eating chicken wings, and taking Kaqun oxygen baths-- likely in a city near you.

Dennis Yu