Timeline for How can I politely ask a recruiter of a start-up firm about on-time salary?
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| Feb 23, 2021 at 1:51 | answer | added | Thomas W | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 4, 2014 at 14:32 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/485068611699359744 | ||
| Jun 27, 2014 at 20:42 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Related (not a dupe): workplace.stackexchange.com/q/9421/325 | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 20:34 | comment | added | IDrinkandIKnowThings | @MonicaCellio - I am pretty sure we had this question before. Basically the OP wants to know what the funding level is for the Company that its not going to run out of money to pay people a month or 2 from now. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 15:27 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Could you clarify "of a start-up nature"? Is this a company with people, an actual office, benefits (implies somebody to administer them), etc, or do you mean three guys in somebody's garage? Is the business particularly risky? Lots of start-ups manage to pay their people on time every pay period. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 15:24 | comment | added | jwg | I agree that the recruiter is not the right person to put this question to. Even if they had this information, many of them tell candidates exactly what they want to hear, true or not, as SOP. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 15:18 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | “I wish there could be some contracts that capture verbal agreements.” In English contract law, any agreement with offer, acceptance and consideration can be a contract, verbal or not. The trouble is proving it. But I’m pretty sure that in English you can write down and sign anything you say, so, um, if you want to capture a verbal agreement, write it down and get the parties to sign it. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 15:17 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | There is only one way to play this: youtube.com/watch?v=mBS0OWGUidc | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 14:03 | vote | accept | learning_fly | ||
| Jun 27, 2014 at 13:39 | comment | added | keshlam | Most companies intend to credit salary on time. Whether they'll be good about doing so -- or indeed whether they'll have the cashflow to be able to -- is one of the risks you take when going with a startup in exchange for being involved with something that could take off and reward you highly. If regular paychecks are critical to you, you may not want to risk taking this position. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 13:23 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 27, 2014 at 12:23 | answer | added | O. Jones | timeline score: 33 | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 12:19 | comment | added | Vietnhi Phuvan | I don't think that the recruiter is in a position to answer your question. I don't think the recruiter is 100% sure that they are going to get their commission either. If, however, the recruiter has placed people into the startup before - say in the last year or so, that would be a good sign, although past results arte no guarantee of future performance. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 10:36 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 10:18 | comment | added | user8036 | This is something to make agreements with the company, not with the recruiter. You are mixing these two in your question already (alternately talking about recruiter and HR). Please edit your question. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 10:13 | comment | added | Pepone | "of a start-up nature" is the firm an actual start up here? If so you need to ask to see the term sheets for any stock options and start asking about what stage they are a and what sort of burn rate and runway they have and what the exit strategy is. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 9:33 | answer | added | Terence Eden | timeline score: 34 | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 9:10 | comment | added | learning_fly | I wish there could be some contracts that capture verbal agreements. However, all I am concerned about is that they assure me of the same. I am still hoping for an answer to my question here. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 9:05 | comment | added | JB King | What form of answer do you want here as I'd imagine a personal promise isn't likely to be sufficient? | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 8:57 | history | asked | learning_fly | CC BY-SA 3.0 |