My personal approach will be, I won't buy them anything I wouldn't use my self.
Now to buy a low-budge saddle, just because they're noobies, I would not myself, climb in that, knowing what I know now about performance and comfort and confidence and how that all relates to income and overall smooth workings.
If you're a cheap boss, you buy based on price. If you're the other kind of boss, you get what you need to have your company where you want it. Each company is individual and unique.
Here in the US, there's no real rules or enforcement of rules if you work alone. But when you work amongst other people, it becomes a different story. Your worksite is your responsibility toward safe work practices and necessary PPE. If I'm gonna buy him a saddle, it would be sin to offer him more limitations and less versatility than what a modified pro saddle would do. If he's in a saddle better than mine, he's equipped to do what the big guys do. If he is in a crap saddle, how can I ever expect him to progress and do amazing things. |