Clojurians Log v2

I’m not suggesting anything nefarious. I’m just curious why those states?

probably a shared set of regulations

first guess would be salary transparency in job postings, but just a wild guess

Notably, the states with strongest employee protections are not in that list - California, New Jersey, Massachusetts. but that doesn't explain why New York is in the list.

Also, the posting is for a fintech company - these states have simpler money transmitter licensing. But that again doesn't explain New York. afaik Cali and New York have strict reqs for money transmitting, and I'm not even sure what this has to do with hiring

I thought about that and salary transparency as well but, as you say @ag, NY and CA are pretty strict about that if I recall.

Yeah, the list seems very arbitrary, I suppose a bunch of factors - including the difficulty of hiring - it's nearly impossible to match Cali salaries, but same can be said about New York.

CO is also strong with requiring salary transparency.

I count 24 states which is not "over half", last time I checked 🙂 It may be due to where they have local offices/incorporations, which can affect tax/employment legalities. Or it may be due to how they have health insurance setup. Since Martyna had reached out to me as an Admin before posting those openings, I've relayed your question to her and will report back when (if) she answers.

i have a vague memory that at my last spot they had to have a legal presence in every state that we had employees in for tax reasons. It might just be not wanting to have to navigate that

Don’t question my math, Sean! But, also, yeah; my math was wrong. 🤣

Martyna says these are the states where they are currently licensed to offer loans -- and they've just added Utah, so the job specs need to be updated. Also, as I surmised, for a small company, dealing with tax and employment legalities across so many states is complicated.

That makes sense.

I’ve worked with a couple of companies that use TaxJar and Avalara because taxes across all the states is such a mess. I hadn’t considered that it also affects employment.

Yeah, it can be a nightmare for small companies. I've seen that first-hand, where I work, because we've had a number of staff move from one state to another.