New York City bans employers from asking potential workers about past salary

Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by scarmig on Friday April 07, 2017 @01:23PM (#14061617)

That last bit is the tricky part, though! You don't, unfortunately, know the actual range of salaries the company is willing to pay. But if you get ahead of yourself and say that you're willing to work for less for this particularly interesting job but they're actually willing to pay more, that's potentially leaving a substantial bit of money on the table.

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Re:New York City bans employers from asking potential worker... by suresk on Friday April 07, 2017 @01:45PM (#14061850)

Well, you're only disclosing that AFTER they've decided to filter you out because your salary requirements are too high, so you aren't leaving much, if any, money on the table.

Of course, it is possible they are bluffing, but given how much the market currently favors developers right now, such bluffs would rarely pay off and I'd expect them to be rare. And, it is really no different than if they'd bluffed before you went through the rest of the interview process, is it?

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