Yes, but nonprofits usually underpay people because of their funding constraints, not as a hazing ritual. There’s a big difference between “We believe that your work is worth x but we can’t pay you that much because of funding constraints” and “We believe your work is worth x and we’re not going to pay you that because we want you to prove your loyalty”.
“Funding constraints” are almost always fake. Givedirectly can double their pay and just give less to recipients if they wanted to, for example.
Institutions also usually have the option to just hire less people or fire more people.
I feel like treating fake constraints as a clear decision boundary is silly; what happened here is that Lightcone+ surrounding ecosystems chose to make the fake constraints less of a constraint and more of a visible choice.
Note that this is being paid, like, way more than nonprofits normally pay.
Yes, but nonprofits usually underpay people because of their funding constraints, not as a hazing ritual. There’s a big difference between “We believe that your work is worth x but we can’t pay you that much because of funding constraints” and “We believe your work is worth x and we’re not going to pay you that because we want you to prove your loyalty”.
“Funding constraints” are almost always fake. Givedirectly can double their pay and just give less to recipients if they wanted to, for example.
Institutions also usually have the option to just hire less people or fire more people.
I feel like treating fake constraints as a clear decision boundary is silly; what happened here is that Lightcone+ surrounding ecosystems chose to make the fake constraints less of a constraint and more of a visible choice.
I strongly upvoted this comment and am sad that it has net negative votes. I was going to say the exact same thing.