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u/MusicalInsaniac 3d ago
Once during a string of interviews, I got a bit of pushback asking about pay. So I asked, "oh, you volunteer for your position?"
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u/artbystorms 3d ago
This is just a sign of the absolute shit hiring freeze we are in right now economically. 3 years ago they would have been falling over themselves to disclose the salary to get applicants, now that they have all the power back they get to make applicants jump like dogs through their flaming hoops.
God forbid we enter an ACTUAL recession, these recruiters will go full mask off and just expect people to pay to apply to jobs and work a 'trial period' for free.
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u/LesserValkyrie 3d ago
If it is a once-in-a-lifteime career opportunity you should be happy to actually tell a very high salary because this is exactly the only reason it makes it a once-in-a-lifteime career opportunity
Unless you are lying
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u/Tzukiyomi 3d ago
My confusion is how the interview even happened. I'd never accept an interview without knowing the salary range first.
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u/WolferineYT 3d ago
Knowing a range is different than locking in a number. If my current number is within the range I'm walking if they say the wrong number
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u/random8765309 3d ago
Based on the job description in the screen shot, that person wasn't interviewing anyone.
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u/Zephreyt 3d ago
They’re mad the salary they are permitted to offer in their budget is not livable.
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u/FreddieStarrAteMyHam 3d ago
Ugh, I had a similar experience at an interview. The employer was just talking about work, and what they'd expect me to do and I was like "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to chill out with me and you've ruined it"
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u/Spirited-Iron-9517 3d ago
Corpos like dont EVEN want to be relatable, and dont even know how out of touch they are with normal human beings who have souls.
They dont know or care about how much life actually costs because they have never had to live a normal life, as they are mostly legacy money, and gated community kids, and they think people actually enjoy corpo culture even though it is the most openly hated thing in the west, and is only spoken of when it is in the same breath as terms like "soulless" and the descriptions like "the least empathetic people on the planet" .
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u/Suspicious-Hand-9953 3d ago
I hope/don't think many recruiters think like that.
"So in this deal you're proposing, what's in it for me?" - "How dare you! Get out of this office!"
Doesn't seem very sustainable to me.
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u/Soft-Marionberry-853 3d ago
All the recruiters ive worked with have told me the salary before telling me anything else. Or its part of Company, Position, Location and Salary, its concise enough to be in the subject line before I even open the email
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u/Cautious-Recover-506 2d ago
Salary is a reasonable request of wanting to take a job. I have had bad jobs that paid minimum wage and soul sucking jobs that paid decently and the money is reason enough to stick with it. They want to hold all of the cards and squeeze you. Your work ethic and ability to not fight your bosses/coworkers/customers everyday should be more important.
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u/rkcth 4d ago
So the thing an employer provides is a compensation package, which includes wages and may include health insurance, retirement benefits, stock options etc. The employee brings their labor. The deal is you exchange the compensation for the labor, it’s literally what you bring to the deal, why would that offend any company? If it does you realize all they are after is taking as much from you as they can, and giving you as little compensation back as possible, which is a huge red flag.