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theoriginalharbinger t1_iy4v5o7 wrote

Reply to comment by itsdan159 in A job interview ended because I refused to tell them what my current salary was and what my salary expectations were. Is this normal? by RepresentativeError8

The "right" answer to all the above is to just do the research. Most good jobs have some combination of salary, bonus, commission, stock/RSU, retirement, etc. A 100k straight salary job is not as good as 80k straight / 40k variable, so listing out salary is not as easy as people make it seem.

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OneAdvertising9821 t1_iy521a1 wrote

> listing out salary is not as easy as people make it seem

It's pretty easy. My company has standard ranges for base salary, bonus target and equity. We absolutely could post those ranges. We don't because we think we have an advantageous negotiating position without sharing the range.

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retrovaporizer t1_iy5ozu3 wrote

while youre not wrong that companies hold a lot of the cards, forcing a range in a job posting dosent necessarily solve anything. in states where this has become law, many now just say the range is "$1 - $200,000" (or whatever)

the reality too is that a high value candidate who knows their market worth can probably demand ABOVE what a company would otherwise be willing to post/pay. wheras a more inexperienced person who they see promise in they may be willing to take a chance on, but for a lesser salary. theres also no way to account someone whos under-performing in a role and not getting regular raises and is on the lower end of the salary band vs someone who is killing it and is getting tons of offers and who the employer is desperately trying to hang on to because theyre critical to client success. i guess what im saying is, a role can say its "range" is $100k-150k, but ultimately a good candidate knows what they are worth and why they are entitled to it and will make that case directly to the hiring manager either way.

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