> The ads performed equally well in regard to total responses with the better candidates responding to the ones without salary ranges.
Maybe your company is known for paying well or well-enough, have you considered that?
> If your primary reason for responding to an ad is based upon salary you are not going to be happy where you work.
That's very debatable, and that's to say the least (and to say it politely).
For a lot of people a salary bump that eases financial pressure is a big boon on mental health, positivity and ultimately happiness.
And by the way, a lot of people will not be "happy" in the purest sense of the work at any job.
Work is ultimately the chore we all do to exist.
Maybe work is the ultimate chore.
We do our best to make the pill taste less sour, but very few of the people that do "code for passion" (or some other thing) would work on the same business related problem if they had no need for money. They would probably work on something else, which is very unlikely to overlap with some random jira ticket or something.
Maybe your company is known for paying well or well-enough, have you considered that?
> If your primary reason for responding to an ad is based upon salary you are not going to be happy where you work.
That's very debatable, and that's to say the least (and to say it politely).
For a lot of people a salary bump that eases financial pressure is a big boon on mental health, positivity and ultimately happiness.
And by the way, a lot of people will not be "happy" in the purest sense of the work at any job. Work is ultimately the chore we all do to exist. Maybe work is the ultimate chore.
We do our best to make the pill taste less sour, but very few of the people that do "code for passion" (or some other thing) would work on the same business related problem if they had no need for money. They would probably work on something else, which is very unlikely to overlap with some random jira ticket or something.