On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:46 AM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote: > >>... I do want to make sure you (and everyone else) realise that there is no >>FACT like the one that you mention. >> >> "fact that the >>> Foundation's policy of paying below market salary discriminates >>> against potential hires with large expenses such as kids in college or >>> a mortgage from 2007?" >> >> because >> a) there is no such policy.... > > So would you disagree with Erik Moeller's statement of 29 December 2012? > > "[WMF compensation is] below some companies that are > similar to us, notably Mozilla which is structured as a for-profit > owned by a non-profit and pays market-level compensation (sans > equity). Wikimedia is above most non-profits that do tech work, and > there's a fair bit of room to grow compensation-wise for an > entry-level hire. It's not what people could make elsewhere, and > that's understood by folks who make it through the process." > -- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2012-December/123272.html > >> Finally I find the idea of restraining people to talk about salary >> almost comical.... > > Would you post the text of the non-disparagement clause referred to at > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/April_5-7,_2008#Non-disparagement_and_confidentiality_agreement
Talking about my salary isn't disparaging the company -- as referenced later, in the US employers can't prevent folks from talking about their salaries. Though I do feel that the WMF salary is discriminating against my right to fly first class everywhere. My champagne glass won't refill itself, you know! Leslie > and > http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water_cooler&diff=19657&oldid=19653 > please, so we can see exactly what it says? > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Leslie Carr Wikimedia Foundation AS 14907, 43821 http://as14907.peeringdb.com/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l