Tell HN: Recruiters asking for current salary may respectfully fuck off

Re:Tell HN: Recruiters asking for current salary may respect... by rich_sasha on Monday March 14, 2022 @09:49AM (#30672407)

It's frustrating, but it's just life. Everyone is trying to get much and give little. You probably compare quotes for major expenses, rather than just pick a competent provider and pay their price, no questions asked. Or, for a better analogy, query a quote for a new service / good against what you paid for the last one.

Work is a negotiated exchange of labour for money. Both parties try to negotiate and get ahead, in ways benign and not benign.

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Re:Tell HN: Recruiters asking for current salary may respect... by valar_m on Monday March 14, 2022 @10:19AM (#30672745)

I should have been more explicit and less clever in the part about being a VC. I'm (poorly) suggesting there that it's detrimental to the company to treat employees as an adversarial relationship because the company will have a greater net benefit from treating employees well and compensating based on worth rather than minimum bid amount.

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