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Re:What to say when recruiters ask you to name the first number by chiph on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:21PM (#17796504)
Another thing to add would be car allowance. Which still counts as income, according to the IRS, but perhaps comes out of a different line-item in the company budget, and thus allows them to "make their salary budget numbers"

Or even a company-provided car/transport. The last place where I worked many employees drove a company-owned car - every three years the firm would lease a new one for them to drive.

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Re:What to say when recruiters ask you to name the first number by vmlinuz on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:12AM (#17808152)
I did this, back in the depths of history... Changed job involuntarily in early 2000, had verbally accepted an offer from one company, another company came along and said they couldn't offer me any more 'salary', but they could include a car/allowance - which meant quite a lot more cash since I already had a car.
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