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What the hell is wrong with posting a wide salary range and stating you are looking at all sorts of people then? We're trying to prevent people wasting their

What the hell is wrong with posting a wide salary range and stating you are looking at all sorts of people then? We're trying to prevent people wasting their time chatting to people when the remuneration will never be sufficient.

awesomerobot 10y ago
Honest question: Is a salary range of $50 - $100k really valuable to you as a job seeker?
- Benjamin_Dobell 10y ago
  If you're after a salary greater than $100k, then yes, absolutely. Some (factual) information is always better than no information.
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- krisdol 10y ago
  Yeah, because then I know to ignore the listing. If I came from a place that paid $50k, I'd expect them to be able to give me a small bump but likely land me in the low-to-mid part of the range and I'd apply. If I came from 75k I'd expect higher end of the range, and I'd apply. That could be unreasonable depending on how they place different tiers of engineer on that range, but if it is then it's better to split out the jobs by title (Software Eng Jr./Sr/Staff/Principal). If I came from over 100k I'll pass because I don't think they can afford me regardless of title.
brightball 10y ago
Because the second you post a wide salary range, people assume they are going to land on the mid-upper end of it no matter what the range is. If somebody lands on the lower end of it, they are going to feel slighted or insulted for just about all cases aside from new grads. If I post a salary range of $50,000-$150,000 most people are going to look at it and decide that it probably pays $100,000-120,000. If somebody applies for that job and you offer them $60,000-70,000 they are going to be insulted just by the offer because of how much was left on the table (even if it's a perfectly good salary for the job). Nobody wants to hear they are on the lower end of anything. That's why most people view themselves as "middle class".
- gspetr 10y ago
  If you post something that wide we're either looking at a sales position or at a company that does not differentiate between a Jr. and a Sr. Developer and lumps them all into Developer. In itself it might be enough of a red flag not to work there.
  - brianwawok 10y ago
    Why can't a project just need developers? Maybe you need 2 or 3 across many skill ranges. I think the best option is different posts with different salary ranges... but I do see how that can be a pain to copy paste data around (say 3 postings x 10 job sites = 30 copy pastes of the same data with a few different skills and a few different numbers)
- samirm 10y ago
  >people assume they are going to land on the mid-upper end of it no matter what the range is Well who's fault is that? And that statement in itself is a (factually incorrect) assumption.

awesomerobot 10y ago

Honest question: Is a salary range of $50 - $100k really valuable to you as a job seeker?

Benjamin_Dobell 10y ago
If you're after a salary greater than $100k, then yes, absolutely. Some (factual) information is always better than no information.
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krisdol 10y ago
Yeah, because then I know to ignore the listing. If I came from a place that paid $50k, I'd expect them to be able to give me a small bump but likely land me in the low-to-mid part of the range and I'd apply. If I came from 75k I'd expect higher end of the range, and I'd apply. That could be unreasonable depending on how they place different tiers of engineer on that range, but if it is then it's better to split out the jobs by title (Software Eng Jr./Sr/Staff/Principal). If I came from over 100k I'll pass because I don't think they can afford me regardless of title.

brightball 10y ago

Because the second you post a wide salary range, people assume they are going to land on the mid-upper end of it no matter what the range is. If somebody lands on the lower end of it, they are going to feel slighted or insulted for just about all cases aside from new grads. If I post a salary range of $50,000-$150,000 most people are going to look at it and decide that it probably pays $100,000-120,000. If somebody applies for that job and you offer them $60,000-70,000 they are going to be insulted just by the offer because of how much was left on the table (even if it's a perfectly good salary for the job). Nobody wants to hear they are on the lower end of anything. That's why most people view themselves as "middle class".

gspetr 10y ago
If you post something that wide we're either looking at a sales position or at a company that does not differentiate between a Jr. and a Sr. Developer and lumps them all into Developer. In itself it might be enough of a red flag not to work there.
- brianwawok 10y ago
  Why can't a project just need developers? Maybe you need 2 or 3 across many skill ranges. I think the best option is different posts with different salary ranges... but I do see how that can be a pain to copy paste data around (say 3 postings x 10 job sites = 30 copy pastes of the same data with a few different skills and a few different numbers)
samirm 10y ago
>people assume they are going to land on the mid-upper end of it no matter what the range is Well who's fault is that? And that statement in itself is a (factually incorrect) assumption.