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cryospam t1_izfnlda wrote

Reply to comment by CrimeCoder in Apparently the MBTA is having a tough time filling their IT positions to the point they're resorting to using a particular type of 3rd party recruiters located out-of-state to fill them by goldeneye0

Even if it resulted in a HUGE pay cut? I interviewed for a senior admin role there last year, and after the recruiter insisted they were paying slightly above market rates, the top of the salary range was 40,000 dollars less than I was already making.

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CrimeCoder t1_izg2kyb wrote

I have a personal policy of only accepting jobs where I know the pay band up front. Whenever recruiters beat around the bush or try to get me on a call before disclosing it I ghost them. I'd immediately nope out of an interview process if the pay deviated even a little under what they were initially proposing.

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cryospam t1_izg53li wrote

He told me that he didn't have the exact range, but that he had placed 2 people already who were already working at similar titled positions. I figured it was worth the swing with that assurance, and in the end I got burned by it.

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