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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by IanDrake on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @02:19PM (#12211951)
>Having to reveal your salary history you may as well not even negotiate.

Having to? It's not a requirement. I used to get asked this all the time. They want to know how much I made last gig? I tell them the rate I want, not the rate I got.

That's right, if they ask me a question they have no business asking and can never confirm, I reserve the right to tell them what I want them to believe.

I also think it's sexist to frame this as equal pay for women. That implies that women are predisposed to be bad negotiators.

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by Kliment on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @03:32PM (#12212642)
not predisposed to be bad negotiators, but more likely to have a history of lower pay due to institutional sexism, which gets used as justification to offer lower pay down the line
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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by rogerdpack on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @04:59PM (#12213352)
I've heard similar advice, but instead of just making it up say "my current salary is confidential" (then, if press, "I hope to make XX at my next gig" or what not).
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