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Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by southphillyman on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @11:05AM (#21585037)
Isn't the risk here that they find out what your real base was in the background check and rescind the offer? I have been honest up until this point and feel that I have been anchored by my base pay at least two times. Still got 5 figure increases but who knows how much I could have got.
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Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by war1025 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @11:28AM (#21585298)
The way I did it was to never directly say my salary, so I wasn't lying. I just said, "I need an offer of $X to seriously consider this position", which was true.

It just happened that $X was a 50% increase from what I was previously making.

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