I kind of like that philosophy if only they changed it to a flat match based on a percentage invested. The percentage is to encourage people to participate. In a *CURRENT* scenario, a % match (the way most companies do it) reward higher earners because their matched dollars are higher. It seems much more fair to do a…

Sliding shelves - like this:

As a hiring manager - I give an offer that I think is fair, and I won’t budge on it. Sorry - negotiation won’t get you anywhere when I’m hiring.

I found it funny that one of my friends had this thought that you could avoid wedding markup on many vendors. Having just gone through it - there were certain places I just don’t see where you can avoid it at all: