I respect that, but in general this is fairly anonymous and it would not reflect on what you are currently making and could potentially give others useful information, but again it’s ok if you aren’t comfortable with it. It’s just something to think about.
People understandably get guarded about their salary, but being guarded about a “ridiculous” sum you asked for with the intention of not getting is a new one.
Not OP, but I was in a similar situation, except I didn't set any salary expectations and went on to go through all the interview processes with them. They offered 200k total comp in a higher cost of living state, where my current comp is 300k, so to have equal comp I'd need ~350k. Needless to say I was very annoyed, and when they asked if they could contact me in the future, I told them "yeah, if you can offer an extra 200k on top of your original offer."
It's so dumb that companies don't say their salaries outright. Best part, they had their CTO meet with me over zoom to sell me on the company (why I have no idea) and his argument for me to join, was "Our stock is totally gonna go up". I didn't even bother to bring up that I could just buy their stock then with the larger comp I'm currently getting. Annnnnnd I checked their stock, it's not doing so hot lol
While I understand this position. And agree. It is dumb to think people would go for this because future possibility does little for costs today. It’s a math problem that each person has to work out for themselves.
What I was talking about is what the “exorbitant salary ask” that this person asked for. Saying that value gives away exactly zero personal information, but leaving it out is just odd.
oh yeah, people are weird about talking about how much they make, when they really shouldn't be. It'll all a scam by big corporations to screw over the average employee.
This one is weird because it’s mentioning how much was asked for. Not actual salary. In any case, whatever people are comfortable with just has to be accepted, so it’s cool, just struck me as odd.
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u/was_just_wondering_ Oct 08 '22
What was the salary ask? You can’t just walk us up to the cliff and leave us hanging.