Good. Not enough people realize the best way to answer this question is with a straight-up lie.
Yep, take the true answer and inflate it 20% or more. Make them think they're getting a bargain.
New York City bans employers from asking potential workers about past salary
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#13When does this take effect?
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#14Good. Not enough people realize the best way to answer this question is with a straight-up lie.
The problem is, recruiters/hiring managers will sometimes call your former employer to verify your actual salary.
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#15Would have rather seen a bill also legitimize complete and total lying in response to the question. Answers or claims regarding past salary may not be verified or used as the basis of any employment action.
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#16Good. Not enough people realize the best way to answer this question is with a straight-up lie.
The problem is, recruiters/hiring managers will sometimes call your former employer to verify your actual salary.
Do any employers actually provide that information? The most I've ever had any previous employer ever say about my time there is, "Eric worked here from $start_date to $end_date." I understand there to be liability involved if they say anything more.
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#17Seems like an ethics test. Will you tell the truth about your previous low salary or lie to make sure you don't get lowballed? Then for the employer, will you decrease the salary to match previous low rates or wages? Or will you pay him/her the market rate regardless? Personally, I have always been asked how much I made at previous places. I prefer to give a range than specify individually.
Some ethics test. The employer is already failing at ethics by asking this in the first place, so I have no problem lying to them. This is no different than them asking if you have kids, if you're married, etc.
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#18This is bad for the free market and freedom of speech. I hope it gets challenged on First Amendment grounds.
I see my past salaries as trade secret of my business. So it's good that I can protect this secret.
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#19umm... laws like this don't last very long. employers quickly develop work arounds. I will be interested to see what hiring managers try (or fail).
This can't be true 100% of the time or the hiring/working condition would be roughly the same regardless of legal environment. This, at least to me, does not seem to be the case.
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#20Have a google for: "can i lie to a employer about past salary" - it really really messes with people - people feel super uncertain about how to approach this situation. Throwing any confidence they have during the negotiation out the window.
Even now I hesitate to write this as a million people will come out and say never lie - what if they found out.
More than banning. There needs to be acceptance that if someone asks you. You are totally free to make any damn number up that you like. Seriously. Its a sales situation. It should not be like your under oath on the stand. Which is how most people view it.