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So to defeat this you just write a higher current salary on your application, right?

• Sindisil 6y ago
  No. To defeat this, you politely refuse to provide your current salary.
  • brianwawok 6y ago
    And be ok with a 10-50% chance of the new place declining to make you an offer? It won't stop all places, but it will stop some places. You have to be OK with that.
• Spooky23 6y ago
  Then you are lying on your application (never a good idea), and that can be considered fraud in some situations. I'd never assume that your salary is a secret. It's pretty easy to figure it out. Making a material misstatement about it will be perceived as a character defect at best if you are caught, which may happen in the future when you are in some stupid internal dispute.
• nicholas73 6y ago
  Many employers attempt to verify your salary (maybe even if you didn't give one). Lying would give them a reason to withdraw an offer.