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If they have people regularly turning down offers, then yes, it's likely explained by compensation. If they can't get talented people to apply in the first place, then there are countless other reasons that could be at play.


If they bumped the numbers up $50k and advertised that, I bet they'd get a lot more applications, assuming they're in a tech hub or allow remote work.


Is it normal to advertise salaries in job listings? I've really not seen this very much, but then I'm not in the west coast of the US


Bump the numbers by, let's just say 50k, and I'm sure they'll find talented people applying.




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