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You can always do not accept their offert.

• cableshaft 4y ago
  Not if that's all the offers you get, because they keep using your previous job's salary as a baseline. Or you have to churn through a 2-3 dozen job offers to find something closer to the going market rate, which is exhausting and time consuming. Even for that 60% bump, that was after talking to 20 recruiters over the phone, 8 online code exams, 5 multi-stage interviews, and getting 2 offers, over an exhausting three week period, and juggling all those with a day job was super difficult, and I had to schedule enough of those during the work day that it got to the point where my former boss probably started to notice. I'd hate to have to double, triple, or quadruple that effort just to get maybe a 30% bump if my previous salary was public knowledge.
  • ProZsolt 4y ago
    Maybe they know your previous salary, but they don't know how many offers you have. You just have to put your foot down and say you won't move if they offer less than X and state that you current salary is irrelevant as they up against other companies not your current one. I managed to get a significant salary bump even without having a job, because I made sure they understand from the beginning I'm happy to walk away.