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I usually just tell them a fake number, around the kind of number that I want to be paid. For example, if I was getting paid £35k and I wanted to be paid £40k I
by EnderMB 11y ago
I usually just tell them a fake number, around the kind of number that I want to be paid. For example, if I was getting paid £35k and I wanted to be paid £40k I would say £40k.
My main reason for doing this is to see how flexible the company is. If extra pay can't be offered, I ask about extra paid holiday or other benefits. More often than not, a company that isn't willing to be flexible with me probably isn't the kind of company I want to work at. It also gives me a reason to actually leave a company and join another.
There's probably much better ways to go about this, but it works well for me. As always, YMMV.
- rmc 11y agoBe careful. From the £ I presume you're UK. Your employer will probably have access to your current tax payments for the earlier part of the year and could deduce that you are lying. If you are caught lying in your job interview/application, you could be sacked at any later date. You've just signed away a lot of your employment rights.
- EnderMB 11y agoWhile I don't doubt that this could be true, has anyone ever been sacked for lying about their previous salary? It sounds like an absolutely mental thing to happen. I imagine that an employer could do this, but I don't know any companies that would ever be in a position to need both sets of information to be able to put this together.
- rmc 11y agoI dunno. If you work for small companies you can get some right dickheads in charge.