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Better yet telling them what salary you want and not disclose your previous salary. Don't start you work relationship with a lie.

• binarymax 9y ago
  But then you lose the chance to negotiate up. Any number you state can be interpreted as the highest you will get offered. In salary negotiation, make it so the employer presents the first offer, and then negotiate up.
  • buryat 9y ago
    Give them some range and do due diligence, the market figures are usually known
    • bradlys 9y ago
      I've never found a range to work. They will immediately go to the bottom of your range or even below. So, the range you give better start at the top of your ideal range. Or, more preferably, don't name a number.
• cname 9y ago
  That sounds nice, but it seems like most if not all work relationships are based on at least dishonesty through omission if not outright lies. Employers rarely give a full and true picture of what it's like to work somewhere. It's mostly "everything's great" and "all the people are great" and so on. You might get a bland "we need to work on X" if you press them, but they're very unlikely to be direct about the day-to-day drudgery, dysfunction, etc. Due to the asymmetrical power relationship of employers/employees, I can't see a real ethical problem with lying in response to a question they shouldn't be asking in the first place.