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Ask HN: Are you more likely to apply for a job that discloses salary upfront?

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Re: Ask HN: Are you more likely to apply for a job that discloses salary upfront?

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Post by probinso »

If the company's Target is noticeably low, then I really want them to put up the salary. I do however want them to be very honest about there range. This allows for me to be much more particular about what my other needs are from the company.

If they are paying market rates for their employees, then I don't particularly care. I'm comfortable with negotiating at the higher levels.

It looks like a company's range is dishonest, then I'm comfortable with having wasted their time when I am searching for work.

Re: Ask HN: Are you more likely to apply for a job that discloses salary upfront?

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Post by ubernostrum »

ryhamz wrote: post #113
ubernostrum wrote: post #112

Wage and salary policy and surrounding effects are political. Get it off HN.

Content having some relation to politics isn't blanket banned.

Perhaps you didn't hear that this is "political detox week" on HN. We can't have the rabble discussing what their betters are up to with that meeting with Trump in NY, now can we?

Re: Ask HN: Are you more likely to apply for a job that discloses salary upfront?

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Post by marktangotango »

Impossible wrote: post #103
shados wrote: post #26

A range helps to know if it's even worth applying. If I see a range, from X to Y, and my prefered salary is Y + 20k, It's probably worth talking to you because there's a chance I can make the needle move. If I'd have to make the needle move by 100k, then I'm not going to bother. If the range is not shown at all, I'll still apply, but I'll usually start with "While I negotiate salaries later in the process, my range i…

I've been through entire interview processes (multiple hour long interviews over days) to get to this point, so a phone screen doesn't seem so bad. Anyone have hints on how to gracefully breach the salary topic? I've also had technical interviews where the interviewers are attempting to gauge my "seniorness" because apparently resume and work experience isn't enough to determine this. It's possible that many companie…

One time an hr person called me to schedule an interview (after I'd submitted my resume thru stackoverflow iirc) and I just asked her; can you offer at least X? She put me on hold, talked to the hiring manager and said no. I replied thanks, not interested. Ymmv

Re: Ask HN: Are you more likely to apply for a job that discloses salary upfront?

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Post by rajacombinator »

No ... but I would only apply to a job that didn't list salary if I had a ballpark range in mind for what it would pay.

I'm MUCH more likely to spend time browsing job postings (and hence applying) that give a salary range though.

Re: Ask HN: Are you more likely to apply for a job that discloses salary upfront?

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Post by nikon »

JamesBarney wrote: post #66

Too many employers think on one hand that they need hours of interviews to verify that I'm a top candidate, and on the other think that 70k is a competitive offer for me to waste my time applying to jobs without salaries.

Or they request you to state your expected salary first, assuming you'll go low due to the pressure.
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