Is this just standard legalese or is there a "pod job posting" template going around?

[Anonymous]

I've now seen 3 "pod" employment listings on local listservs with the following language:

"Competitive hourly wage, to be negotiated at the time of hire"

I take issue with this anyway-- so they don't put $$ in the listing AND it's not going to... come up before the interview (maybe not even before the person is selected??) But just wondering if it's fairly standard or if there's a pod employment template that people are cribbing off of, as a lot of these listings share similar phrasing. Obviously they're going to sound similar, since they're advertising for approximately the same sort of job, but still.

[Anonymous]

It means that they are willing to pay a lot for the right candidate. If you are the right candidate, you will know it, and you will know how much you are worth.
But they aren’t going to put up an ad offering $75/hr. They will have to weed through hundreds of unqualified candidates.

They also have an outside hope that there will be a bargain out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It means that they are willing to pay a lot for the right candidate. If you are the right candidate, you will know it, and you will know how much you are worth.
But they aren’t going to put up an ad offering $75/hr. They will have to weed through hundreds of unqualified candidates.

They also have an outside hope that there will be a bargain out there.

Wait, why would advertising $75/hour be more likely to subject you to a deluge of LESS-qualified candidates? Isn't weeding out less-qualified candidates what's supposed to be accomplished by saying they need someone with an education degree or whatever... qualifications?

I could see not listing $$ doing the opposite-- keeping people who would insist on $75/hour from applying (or at least making them hesitate), worrying that the employer was looking for a $25/hour bargain, and not wanting to waste their time.

Am I missing something? I feel like if you say $75/hour, that might get some teacher types off the fence and interested in applying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It means that they are willing to pay a lot for the right candidate. If you are the right candidate, you will know it, and you will know how much you are worth.
But they aren’t going to put up an ad offering $75/hr. They will have to weed through hundreds of unqualified candidates.

They also have an outside hope that there will be a bargain out there.

New poster here
But why not just discuss salary in the first phone conversation/interview?

By then, the parents would have already "weeded through" the applications and would only be interviewing ones that appear to be promising.

[Anonymous]

Because they want to lowball. Very common and very annoying job posting technique.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they want to lowball. Very common and very annoying job posting technique.

+1. Skip those posts, OP. They are not worth the trouble of responding. Especially now when there are so many other good jobs to choose from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It means that they are willing to pay a lot for the right candidate. If you are the right candidate, you will know it, and you will know how much you are worth.
But they aren’t going to put up an ad offering $75/hr. They will have to weed through hundreds of unqualified candidates.

They also have an outside hope that there will be a bargain out there.

Wait, why would advertising $75/hour be more likely to subject you to a deluge of LESS-qualified candidates? Isn't weeding out less-qualified candidates what's supposed to be accomplished by saying they need someone with an education degree or whatever... qualifications?

I could see not listing $$ doing the opposite-- keeping people who would insist on $75/hour from applying (or at least making them hesitate), worrying that the employer was looking for a $25/hour bargain, and not wanting to waste their time.

Am I missing something? I feel like if you say $75/hour, that might get some teacher types off the fence and interested in applying.

I don’t know why unqualified people apply. But this has been my personal experience.
I don’t have tons of time to weed through applications.

When you apply for a job, does it list your salary?

[Anonymous]

I read this as saying they are willing to pay for the right person. It’s a competitive market out there and it’s signaling that the parents are willing to negotiate to beat out another pod.

[Anonymous]

I’m a nanny, teacher and homeschool teacher. Competitive wage ALWAYS means they’re going to lowball. Salary or hourly DOE means they’re going to take education and experience into consideration and offer a decent to great rate.

[Anonymous]

I never see salary posted for white collar listings. Maybe it happens for teachers but it isn’t common.

[Anonymous]

Are most people listing the salary up front in postings for pod teachers and tutors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are most people listing the salary up front in postings for pod teachers and tutors?

Yes. Teachers want a decent rate. Several pods want to pay $25-35 COLLECTIVELY. Teachers (people with actual degrees to teach in schools) aren’t responding to ads without a rate posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never see salary posted for white collar listings. Maybe it happens for teachers but it isn’t common.

THis. Private jobs (non governement) never post salary.

[Anonymous]

I am a child development expert and I just got hired by a pod of 4 families. They are paying me $325 per day for a 2.5 hour class. Materials are provided by them. We have a whole written agreement about Covid precautions. There is a definite Covid up charge! These are trying times and the risk has to be worth it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are most people listing the salary up front in postings for pod teachers and tutors?

Yes. People are giving a range.