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What are your red flags for job interviews?
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When they ask you for an indication of what you'd like to earn, only to then casually say "okay" to what you said and low ball you by a lot afterwards. Lady, I can't help that you didn't provide the salary range in advance, that's your fault.
They all do that. They're actually trained in how to do that. It's some sick Prisoner's Dilemma thing. They make you give an estimate first and then low ball from there. They don't tell you a salary range deliberately because they know people will put themselves at the top of the range.
I've had it before where I've replied to them saying "What's the salary range" and they've said "we don't disclose that at this stage in the interview what's your salary right now?". The fuck. So they expect me to tell them everything and tell me nothing in return? End the interview right there.
I just lie about my salary when they ask 🤷 Can't low ball me if I already inflated it lol
I've read some instructions for workers where it says the best plan is to avoid disclosing your own salary or expectations until much further down the interviews. If they're willing to hire you already, they're much more likely to accept your request because doing interviews costs then money.
That sounds more like HR propaganda to me. Interviews aren't free, but they are cheap. Paying someone what they are worth, vs. low-balling someone desperate, is fiscally practical.
I've gotten to the point where I ask recruiters that hit me up on LinkedIn if the position has a listed salary range. If not, I usually bail right then, unless the job or company is interesting enough to have a conversation. But if they are cagey about salary or benefits, I bail. They are the only reason I'm there, so being cagey about them is a red flag.
This. Any position without a salary band, and a realistically narrow one, isn't a real position.
This is what I've heard as well and I think it's good advice. Putting it into practice is hard though. Do you just say "I prefer not to disclose that at this stage"? Or something else?
You can be vague. There are a lot of benefits, bonuses and other perks that make my current salary a little difficult to quantify at this moment.
That reminds me, I should ask what the previous person was paid before giving my current salary. That way it's an equal exchange of information.
I no longer apply to jobs that don’t post salary because of this. It’s a lie. The salary is the low part of the range, but at least that’s something.
In this region, they must state the salary range as part of the job advert.
The day that came into force I spent just reporting dickweed companies.
I've actually had the opposite of this happen to me, I gave a figure and they offered me more. But I've also had this happen too when they've gone below what I asked.