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Re: An update on salary transparency in job posts

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Now lets quantify how many of them are absurd listings.

Recently saw a Senior Security Engineer role for Netflix, $100-$700k salary range.

How is someone supposed to reasonably negotiate that role? $100k is clearly a joke, $700k is clearly a salary someone got during the bubble.

Do I come in at $400k? Is $250k a bargain rate?

https://imgur.com/a/0Fe00Qf

Re: An update on salary transparency in job posts

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The scariest thing about the salary transparency laws is that it makes it blindingly obvious that companies do not regularly follow the law. Adherence is both very public and easy, but imagine all the other laws being broken all the time that aren't as trivial to comply with.

Re: An update on salary transparency in job posts

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I'm shocked to see it's that high.

I'm simultaneously shocked to see it's that low in states that require it. I suppose I shouldn't be — no law is obeyed 100% afterall — but I would have expected higher than 60%. This makes me think there needs to be higher penalties for failing to follow it.

Re: An update on salary transparency in job posts

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post #2

Now lets quantify how many of them are absurd listings. Recently saw a Senior Security Engineer role for Netflix, $100-$700k salary range. How is someone supposed to reasonably negotiate that role? $100k is clearly a joke, $700k is clearly a salary someone got during the bubble. Do I come in at $400k? Is $250k a bargain rate? https://imgur.com/a/0Fe00Qf

This is an often proffered limitation of these laws, but there are second order effects. If someone hires a woman, minority, whatever else, at the $100k rate with the same qualifications they typically hire X group at the $700k rate, they're going to have some 'splainin' to do.

Re: An update on salary transparency in job posts

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The scariest thing about the salary transparency laws is that it makes it blindingly obvious that companies do not regularly follow the law. Adherence is both very public and easy, but imagine all the other laws being broken all the time that aren't as trivial to comply with.

Do you mean it's a bad thing about the law? Or is a bad thing that is seeing the sunlight due to the law?

Re: An update on salary transparency in job posts

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post #4

The scariest thing about the salary transparency laws is that it makes it blindingly obvious that companies do not regularly follow the law. Adherence is both very public and easy, but imagine all the other laws being broken all the time that aren't as trivial to comply with.

Since the job listings are public it should be trivial to compile a public shame list of companies who still do not follow the rules in those states.
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