I try to be upfront with people about the salary range of jobs I am hiring for pay. It can be pretty wide in a tech field of course but its good to know up front if the candidate could live within that range. Of course every candidate wants the top of the range and sometimes the feedback of why the offer isn't there can be hard to take.
All of that is significantly less important in a very large organization which can tolerate a wide variety of work styles but in a startup, hiring someone who doesn't work out is sooooo painful.
oh man. yeah. most job ads seem about as open with personal information as you'd expect on the 'adult gigs' section of craigslist, back when that was a thing. I mean, if you want me to apply for a job, but you won't tell me who you are? that's pretty shady; I won't apply unless I'm desperate.
I mean, sometimes you can find people that are both good and desperate. it happens. But it's hard. You don't want to limit yourself to desperate candidates.
And yeah; the salary range? I won't even refer people anymore until I have some idea of the salary range. I've embarrassed myself too many times by recommending someone really top-end, when what they really wanted was a really top-end intern. I mean, I know some really top-end interns, too... but if you are paying $15/hr, well, you are just going to get a different person than if you are paying $150/hr.
"I'm sorry, my current contract forbids me from discussing my remuneration. I'm sure you understand and have similar policies. However, I can give you a ballpark figure: more than <insert your desired base salary here>."
Or you could just be honest and tell them what you're currently earning. They still have to make you an offer, and you're free to reject it. I don't think telling potential employers your current salary is losing 'the hand', or if it is, you have plenty of opportunity during the negotiation of your offer to get it back.
But really, if your potential employer has a simple go/no-go flag on some salary threshold, then you can be sure you don't want to work there--especially because your co-workers there have (like yourself) won a race to the bottom.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 17.4 ms ] threadAll of that is significantly less important in a very large organization which can tolerate a wide variety of work styles but in a startup, hiring someone who doesn't work out is sooooo painful.
I mean, sometimes you can find people that are both good and desperate. it happens. But it's hard. You don't want to limit yourself to desperate candidates.
And yeah; the salary range? I won't even refer people anymore until I have some idea of the salary range. I've embarrassed myself too many times by recommending someone really top-end, when what they really wanted was a really top-end intern. I mean, I know some really top-end interns, too... but if you are paying $15/hr, well, you are just going to get a different person than if you are paying $150/hr.
Or you could just be honest and tell them what you're currently earning. They still have to make you an offer, and you're free to reject it. I don't think telling potential employers your current salary is losing 'the hand', or if it is, you have plenty of opportunity during the negotiation of your offer to get it back.
But really, if your potential employer has a simple go/no-go flag on some salary threshold, then you can be sure you don't want to work there--especially because your co-workers there have (like yourself) won a race to the bottom.