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Isn't the risk here that they find out what your real base was in the background check and rescind the offer? I have been honest up until this point and feel th
by southphillyman 7y ago
Isn't the risk here that they find out what your real base was in the background check and rescind the offer?
I have been honest up until this point and feel that I have been anchored by my base pay at least two times. Still got 5 figure increases but who knows how much I could have got.
- war1025 7y agoThe way I did it was to never directly say my salary, so I wasn't lying. I just said, "I need an offer of $X to seriously consider this position", which was true. It just happened that $X was a 50% increase from what I was previously making.