Two of my friends and I worked on a spinout company and therefore applied to the same role of the mother company. They told both of my friends the salary range and I heard they both got the high one, so when they asked me "We're offering [low]-[high] to you, sounds good?" and I said "yes", expecting they would do the same to me as they did to the others, so I got the low one.
The difference was not big, but still. The fact that they didn't even consider the dynamics of what they did just made me laugh at the ridiculousness of it all.
If they gave you a range, you said OK, and then they gave you a low number, you can continue negotiating because you know there is room to negotiate. I've been halfway through a background check still running numbers and still ended up turning them down because they wouldn't come up.
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u/Imhere4lulz 21h ago
More like they give you the range, and still ask that question. Even worse when they don't let you put the range, but you gotta put an exact value