Comment by themitigating
3 years ago
What "treat" are you referring to? Employees need to be compensated for a company to be competitive.
Speaking of manipulative your augment takes a complex situation and turns it into "poor people using the last of their money to pay for US employees extra benefits"
Treats mentioned here ...
https://wantremote.com/company_for_remote_job/wikimedia-foun...
... include "reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, massages, cooking classes and much more"
This is a fine thing I'm sure, but I wouldn't want it to be paid for by Indian or African donors worried Wikipedia will disappear, or start charging a subscription, if they don't donate.
So fundraising appeals in the developing world in particular should be dialed right down:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2...
Paying for a gym membership is pretty standard perk in the industry. If anything, this is usually considered bare minimum
You can't get employees if you don't pay them. This is what paying employees means in the tech industry.
That's what it means in Silicon Valley. It's not what it means in India, South Africa, Brazil, nor even Europe I think. These are all places where the WMF has just been fundraising. Nobody is forcing the WMF to hire in America.
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Unless things changed, the wellness budget was quite low, and funny enough, probably costs the foundation nothing, because companies in the US get a discount on insurance for having them.