I guess the issue could be though, if the employee is fresh out of college or moving into an unrelated position, that they may have no idea what a good salary f

I guess the issue could be though, if the employee is fresh out of college or moving into an unrelated position, that they may have no idea what a good salary for this position is going to be. I guess the danger of being to reasonable is that you will end up with the job, just underpaid compared to your peers because you didn't know what that market rate was.