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Massachusetts did this last summer. Seems like a strange trend. Not necessarily bad (though it makes things harder for me as a hiring manager) but I wonder what
by tossaway1 10y ago
Massachusetts did this last summer. Seems like a strange trend. Not necessarily bad (though it makes things harder for me as a hiring manager) but I wonder what group is pushing for this. Laws don't tend to get passed unless they're backed by special interests.
- mavelikara 10y agoHow does such a law makes things harder for you as a hiring manger?
- accountface 10y agoBecause you have to get someone all the way to an offer until you know what their salary expectations are. I think it's a good rule, but it is harder for managers. Especially managers who want to find a cheap hire.
- mavelikara 10y agoIf I understand it correctly, the rule does not forbid asking salary expectations up front.
- shostack 10y agoThere isn't anything stopping you from asking expectations. Just history, which removes some of your leverage (arguably a good thing). And people looking for "cheap hires" deserve to be hit hard by this the most IMHO. Leveling the playing field with information asymmetry is a good thing.
- d4rti 10y agoThere's also no prohibition of advertising the job with a salary range, which would also solve the problem.
- tossaway1 10y agoI'd say that preventing potential employers from asking questions about salary while allowing applicants to ask whatever they want is creating, not removing, assymmetry. In both cases, parties are free to refuse to answer questions. One could argue that the potential employer is in a position of power and should therefore be constrained but I don't see that as the case at all these days, at least not in the tech industry.