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I haven't applied for a job in over a decade but when I have a peruse of job listing websites in the US of A I'm always amazed when the only salary information

I haven't applied for a job in over a decade but when I have a peruse of job listing websites in the US of A I'm always amazed when the only salary information is "extremely competitive" and "excellent benefits". I've heard people argue that a reputable company will pay market rates and that's all you need to know - but I totally disagree. If I ever found myself back on the job market (unlikely, so perhaps I'll change my tune if it happened) I wouldn't ever apply for a job that didn't post a salary. As the previous poster pointed out - in the UK the vast majority of jobs are posted with a salary. All the way up to C-level positions. I don't know about you, but the main reason I work is to get paid! So if a company isn't upfront about this primary benefit, I'm not going to engage with them.

eridius 10y ago
Honestly, companies should pay what the employee is worth, rather than employees agreeing to some artificial number the company pulled out of their ass. If you're a good fit for the role, you should be able to negotiate your salary. You shouldn't be rejecting a job because the salary is too low, you should be rejecting that job because they're looking for a junior programmer and you're a senior programmer.
elcct 10y ago
That jobs are posted with a salary and what company is actually going to offer are different stories. There is a lot of time wasters around. A lot of companies use that as a bait and hope that once you go through lengthy interview process you will agree to a significantly lower offer from the advertised one and will make up bs reasons for that. One of the best I heard is that after completion of the interview process company said "our requirements changed in the meantime and we want to hire more developers that we initially needed, therefore we can offer x, so that we can fill all the positions", where x is significantly lower amount.

eridius 10y ago

Honestly, companies should pay what the employee is worth, rather than employees agreeing to some artificial number the company pulled out of their ass. If you're a good fit for the role, you should be able to negotiate your salary. You shouldn't be rejecting a job because the salary is too low, you should be rejecting that job because they're looking for a junior programmer and you're a senior programmer.

elcct 10y ago

That jobs are posted with a salary and what company is actually going to offer are different stories. There is a lot of time wasters around. A lot of companies use that as a bait and hope that once you go through lengthy interview process you will agree to a significantly lower offer from the advertised one and will make up bs reasons for that. One of the best I heard is that after completion of the interview process company said "our requirements changed in the meantime and we want to hire more developers that we initially needed, therefore we can offer x, so that we can fill all the positions", where x is significantly lower amount.