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> I cannot wait to check back in with you when you're trying to get a new job and negotiating salary. Hi, checking in. Your current/previous salary is no busin
by paisawalla 5y ago
> I cannot wait to check back in with you when you're trying to get a new job and negotiating salary.
Hi, checking in. Your current/previous salary is no business of your future employer. You don't have to share it, and it shouldn't form the basis of your future salary.
If this seems alien, or improbable to you, people can and do learn how to tactfully steer conversations away from disadvantageous topics.
- pempem 5y agoPeople do manage to do so. In fact I work with folks to help them find the right words for this situation and others. Still a trend I'm seeing is occurring in negotiation. Specifically "do you have a counter you want us to match? prove it with an offer letter" orthogonal but still related.
- lupire 5y agoThat's not a new trend.
- Raineer 5y agoThe fact that previous salary has anything to do with future salary comes from the same swamp of misinformation like "it's illegal to discuss your salary with your peers." My approach when dealing with future salary is to tell them my previous job paid me ((what I want from next job) - X %). Previous salary doesn't appear in the equation.