A big Project are paid in Bitcoin, it is hard to believe that they are paying in the same currency as the project.
You need to pay some costs in cryptocurrencies as they express how liquid the project is, but if you want to create a currency and promote it through those codes, you will not find expert people to support you.
If you are going to pay part in bitcoin and the rest in the project currency you will find some interest.
How much do you plan to pay?
Trust me, there will be no project that has yet to launch that has a token that is already liquid,,, all he is saying is that he has initial funding, so that should be the only salary you require. I think the model is great if it works, you get paid and you also have the incentive to work hard and make the project succeed so your token part of salary has a chance to become worth a lot.