krenden9

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by krenden9 9y ago
That's nonsense. Just like innocent people with integrity who plead the Fifth. The recruiter will think you're hiding something and you'll be bumped down the list. The analogy of the Fifth is quite appropriate, as the US co
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by krenden9 9y ago
> Capitalism, the kind that enables startup culture, is built on trust. I see you've never run a business, because that kind of textbook ideation of capitalism is not practiced in the real world. If you'd been paying attention
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by krenden9 9y ago
> make it seem like you are not above doing whatever it takes to get what YOU want and feel you deserve. Absolutely true. I'm also not an idiot and I apply this technique selectively. If I have to prevaricate to get something I wa
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by krenden9 9y ago
> Yet you refuse to see that pricing information will cause additional bias on your part. This is why I chose to have my former employers give a different salary figure. If I had told my prospective, new employer I had been making $40k&
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by krenden9 9y ago
Yes, because deceit runs through my soul and my heart is as black as damask cloth. The fact that I want to be paid what I feel I should and can be paid has no bearing on my performance and attitude at work. If you were to speak to any o
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by krenden9 9y ago
That depends. Larger corporations tend to avoid asking things other than "Did John Doe work here as title Z from date X to date Y?" However, many smaller companies aren't legally savvy and will divulge too much information,
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by krenden9 9y ago
I totally lie any time a recruiter asks for my current/past salary. How much I lie depends on what I think I should be getting for the role, and how likely it is that they can and will confirm the numbers I gave. At my most recent pas