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RedeemingChildhood t1_iy5xvap wrote

Reply to comment by RepresentativeError8 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

Hi - just giving my perspective here from someone at a high level in my company, HR background (no longer in HR).

You did the right thing! The ONLY reason they want your current pay is to make you the candidate the lowest offer possible. In most professional companies, they have a hiring range ($40-80k for example). If they find out you are at $30k, they well may offer you $40k and you feel like you have moved up. In reality, your market research would leave you to believe you are worth $50k. They know you are in a bad spot turning down a $40k offer when you are at $30k and may hold firm. Don’t work for these kinds of companies.

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gclaramunt t1_iy67dvo wrote

exactly, your current salary has nothing to do with what value you can provide to the new company, they only want to know to lowball you.

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