California bans salary question

This is going to be a sh**show.

A: What are your expectations?
B: $500k
A: Let me make sure we ask the $500k+ interview questions...
 
Its easy, if the job is advertised with a certain salary , and the candidate passes the interview process, offer him/her the salary advertised - it doesn't matter what they earned at their previous job.
 
vic777 said:
Its easy, if the job is advertised with a certain salary , and the candidate passes the interview process, offer him/her the salary advertised - it doesn't matter what they earned at their previous job.
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Agreed. What is currenly happening should be deemed False Advertising.
 
What is currently happening is, most companies ask for a pay slip and only offer a certain % Increase, which should also be discouraged.
 
****ing recruiters piss me off.

"Hi, The Voice! We've got a fantastic opportunity for you!"

"Go on..."

"Its blah blah job and pays £x/year!"

*now I'm seriously interested*

"Great, really keen to meet up and discuss it further"

*spends 15mins on the phone going over experience, getting details, etc*

"So how much are you on at the moment?"

"£y/year"

"Ah, right we're only going to be able to offer you that +2%. Sound good? Hello? Hello..."

I actually asked one of them why they quote these really good salaries, but when it comes to the crunch the offer isn't even worth the move. He answered that if they didn't pull random numbers out the air no-one would even talk to them...
 
cguy said:
This is going to be a sh**show.

A: What are your expectations?
B: $500k
A: Let me make sure we ask the $500k+ interview questions...
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And how is that different to how things work at the moment?
 
A law that should be adopted world wide. Really annoying going through the interview process for percentage increase on what I currently earn.
 
Ancalagon said:
And how is that different to how things work at the moment?
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As someone who worked hard to get to say $450k/y, I wouldn't want to be lumped with a bunch of opportunists who would never justify $450k anywhere they've worked. Today this isn't an issue.

Also, since you may have missed my point - there are no $500k+ interview questions.
 
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cguy said:
As someone who worked hard to get to say $450k/y, I wouldn't want to be lumped with a bunch of opportunists who would never justify $450k anywhere they've worked.
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That just sounds like sour grapes.

Mark Zuckerberg was making a lot more than that at a much younger age than you or I. Was he not worth it?
 
ToxicBunny said:
Most companies DON'T negotiate outside of their allowable existing salary + percentage range...
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To finish your sentence: in the same type of employment contract. Changing the type of contract vastly changes what is on the table.

Hiring employees in South Africa is a large risk due to the labour laws which make it very difficult to get rid of useless people. You can mitigate that immensely for a potential employer if you are willing to go on a fixed term contract at a higher rate. If you are confident in your abilities and work ethic, you will know that after that fixed term contract, your employer won't easily be able to replace you, so you will be in a vastly stronger position with the increase already included. However that means that you have to take a risk.
 
Brilliant!! It's such a bs question - offer me what you planned to offer me - don't stuff me over because I'm coming off a low base
 
konfab said:
To finish your sentence: in the same type of employment contract. Changing the type of contract vastly changes what is on the table.

Hiring employees in South Africa is a large risk due to the labour laws which make it very difficult to get rid of useless people. You can mitigate that immensely for a potential employer if you are willing to go on a fixed term contract at a higher rate. If you are confident in your abilities and work ethic, you will know that after that fixed term contract, your employer won't easily be able to replace you, so you will be in a vastly stronger position with the increase already included. However that means that you have to take a risk.
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Not in my experience.

Companies will pay your existing salary plus a percentage... They are not negotiable and won't budge even if the extra is entirely worth it for them.
 
Ancalagon said:
That just sounds like sour grapes.

Mark Zuckerberg was making a lot more than that at a much younger age than you or I. Was he not worth it?
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You missed the point completely. Age has nothing to do with it.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Not in my experience.

Companies will pay your existing salary plus a percentage... They are not negotiable and won't budge even if the extra is entirely worth it for them.
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I was told by a company not too long ago that they do not offer more than 10% more than what a candidate currently earns. I told them the risk of moving to them was just not worth the 10%. They don't exist anymore :D
 
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