EU to mandate public salary information for all job postings [pdf]

Post by pnutjam » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 4:42 PM UTC

lbriner wrote: post #199

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"Performance management isn't an exact science and if everyone knew everyone else's pay, it would be total chaos and nothing would get done." How's that work for the GS structure then? Or for union jobs in various sectors? The only reason chaos would ensure is if there were extensive unexplainable and unfair practices.

It depends on what you mean by "unfair". In plenty of companies I have worked for, you pay quite a lot more than you want for a particular hire not necessarily because they are worth it but because you are desperate and they are nearly good enough. You generally don't get away with putting people's salaries down if they don't perform and if you did, they might leave ending with you being back in the mess. This might…

Post by mendigou » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 4:44 PM UTC

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> Employers would be prohibited from asking about an applicant's pay history Aw, that was one of the fun moments when getting my current job. I moved from private sector to public sector and they're like "You understand that the previous pay you listed is more than our boss's boss, the director of our entire org unit gets paid right?". Yes, yes I do. Which is why when you asked at interview "Why do you want this role…

Hahaha I got this once - I was working for a startup in the Bay Area remotely from my place in Oxford and then wanted to see what interesting jobs existed in the local area. There is a small cluster of space startups nearby so I applied to one of those through a recruiter. He didn't seem to understand why I was looking to go from a job paying ~$200k to ~$50k (Oxford does not pay developers well at all!) and saying "B…

Post by pedrosorio » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 4:49 PM UTC

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Yeah, none of that is true. There is no federal sales tax, and sales tax in most places didn't ever come close to 10%, let alone 20%. In many states it's 0. Filing your taxes is free. Maybe you can spend $30 if you want to use turbo tax to do it for you. Any job with these salary differences provides great health care and benefits. Cars exist in Europe, I know many software developers there that have them. Why people…

Yeah, none of this is true. There is federal and state income taxes with 7(?) states not having income taxes. 3(?) states do not have sales taxes. My states sales tax is 2%, but the locality has a 6% tax, so total sales tax is 8% and is higher on thinks like alcohol. Filing your taxes is free, but depending on the financial moves you make (selling stocks, rolling over a 401k, etc) you may need to set aside money thro…

Post by wpasc » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 4:49 PM UTC

mhoad wrote: post #193

kerneloftruth wrote: post #152

Not every employee in role X is as good as every other employee in role X. The better ones deserve higher pay, which creates an incentive for the others to up their game so that they, too, can earn more. Why try harder if it's run like romper room?

That is what bonus structures are for. Where you can pay extra in addition in order to incentivise better outcomes for your business.

Post by emteycz » Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 4:51 PM UTC

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Reminder: forgery / use of forged documents is forbidden in France, as per article 441-1 of the penal code. A man was recently sentenced to 4 months of jail time because he lied about his salary to rent an apartment. [0] [0]: https://www.capital.fr/economie-politique/un-locataire-conda...

There used to be another country which made resumes into a legal document: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeitsbuch#/media/Datei%3AA...