New York City will make it mandatory for companies to post salaries on job ads

Re:New York City will make it mandatory for companies to pos... by WalterBright on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:59PM (#29833177)

> I have literally told a HR person "I'm not answering this question"

What's remarkable is not what you told the person, but the notion that you are compelled to answer any question an employer asks.

At least in America, you are not compelled to answer anything you don't want to.

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Re:New York City will make it mandatory for companies to pos... by infogulch on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:18PM (#29833927)

What? "Answer this question or I'm not hiring you." (as long as the question is not one of a lawfully prohibited class of questions) is not coercion it's negotiation. By your reasoning if I went into an interview and flat refused to answer any question they would, what, be forced to hire me? This whole conceptualization is broken.

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Re:New York City will make it mandatory for companies to pos... by WalterBright on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:21PM (#29833947)

Anytime the other party says "or else" it's just a negotiating tactic to see if you're gonna fold.

> be forced to hire me?

Forced? Of course not. They're not holding a gun on you, and you're not holding a gun on them.

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Re:New York City will make it mandatory for companies to pos... by infogulch on Thursday January 06, 2022 @10:08PM (#29834334)

Yes, and that's why your previous comment made no sense...

> you are compelled to answer any question an employer asks

Nobody is "compelling" anyone in this situation.

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