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I would love to know what the general consensus and expectations of the HN crowd towards this issue is.
Many thanks and Happy Hacking.
This is especially the case for tech recruiters: tell me who you represent and how much they're prepared to pay, or I will mock you.
A reasonable range would absolutely be great but I understand why disclosing any salary information would be challenging for the company as it changes how compensation negotiation is done but will also affect the overall culture. Ultimately, you need to continue your first principles thinking and put this hypothesis to the test.
So do I, but I refuse to care. I'm not willing to jump through all of the hoops that come with interviewing for a tech job only to find myself having to say no because I'd be taking a pay cut.
My life matters, I'm not getting any younger, and I'm not willing to waste time for some corporation's convenience. I already have a solid job, and a decent network outside of LinkedIn in case I need to jump ship. Tech recruiters will deal with me on my terms or not at all.
Has to be a tight range. Some recruiters try to give a non-sensical, meaningless range where the upper bound is close to 3x the lower bound.
Should be legally required by federal law to post salary for any job ad regardless of platform of publication.
Since pay is paramount to the employment arrangement, why wouldn't I expect that to match up near the beginning?
I will add a small note: if a recruiter reaches out with a job that doesn't mention salary, I won't outright ignore it, but asking for a range is always in my first reply. If that isn't answered then things stop there.