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That just made me a day. My searching for a job is generally like this: I send a CV, then there is a short call (or email) with this one question at the end: "H
by pleasecalllater 9y ago
That just made me a day. My searching for a job is generally like this: I send a CV, then there is a short call (or email) with this one question at the end: "How much do you want?". Then I usually don't want to reply, but I got convinced with "I cannot go with you further without this information".
So I give them some number, usually something like I'm getting at that moment.
Then I get no reply or "we cannot pay you that much".
The last time I got that from a huge international company, where I really wanted to work. That company has been publishing the same job offers for the last year. I wrote something that I expected maybe some proposal from there side, etc. The answer was really funny "we are not negotiating salaries at this moment of the process".
And all that was even before any technical interview.
And that company is still publishing the same job offers :)
So I'm really confused. I have over 15 years of experience in many different areas, and still the recruitment process is so broken that only sometimes I can get to the technical interview.
- objclxt 9y ago> The answer was really funny "we are not negotiating salaries at this moment of the process" [...] And all that was even before any technical interview. I wouldn't expect any company to start a salary negotiation prior to interviews - because how you perform in the interviews is going to drastically impact how willing they are to negotiate with you.
- randomdata 9y agoA company that is struggling to fill all the jobs they need filled doesn't have much of a bargaining position to begin with. May as well get it out of the way and save everyone some time if it is found to not agreeable. Imagine going through several interviews and then still told "we can't afford you". In fact, companies that are struggling to find people should be advertising how much they can pay right from the job ad. If it is sufficient, it will help attract the talent they seek. Plenty of developers don't bother looking for new work because they believe, rightly or wrongly, it means taking a pay cut. If not sufficient, at least everyone can be saved the effort of trying. You're not McDonalds who has a new applicant to hire every five minutes. You can't play by their rules.
- pleasecalllater 9y agoThe problem is different, this question is before any interview. This is the main main thing they want to know just before any technical talk. I wouldn't name a short call with some non-technical person where I just read my CV an interview.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoWouldn't you rather know as soon as possible that they can't pay you what you want to be paid? Isn't spending days or weeks in interviews, or waiting for an answer, only then to hear that they can only pay you a pittance, worse?