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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by northernsausage on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:45AM (#50390267)
This sounds great in theory. I've had a ranges that was very healthy on application, gone through a lengthy process including showing work examples and meeting the team to be offered below the bottom of the original offer - "We feel like this is a good starting sallary, we will review it in 6 months" - "The company has changed its investment direction so this is a revised number" - "We've created a new role that better fits your needs" etc etc...

This law will force them to actaully stick to a number.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by wewewedxfgdf on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:08AM (#50390435)
>> This law will force them to actaully stick to a number.

No it won't - such a thing would never be pursued by anyone or enforced it's not worth the effort.

As I said, if you get lowballed after making it clear at the start then just withdraw and move on, find a company that is professional.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by patall on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:45AM (#50391692)
If the law is worth its money, than you can start working in this position, wait for the trial period to end (or until they let you go) and then sue for the compensation stated in the job ad (well, in a country with some level of work place protection you could).

Or play their game, sign the contract, keep your original job, not show up and later tell them why they did waste their time themselves. If they then threaten you, you can point at the law.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by afavour on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:58AM (#50392355)
> such a thing would never be pursued by anyone or enforced it's not worth the effort.

How are you so sure about that? Seems to me that without enforcement this law is useless.

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Re:Britain to make salary disclosure in job ads mandatory by illwrks on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:18AM (#50390500)
Some recruiters get paid on commission, meaning after 6 months of you being in the role they get paid. Other internal recruiters don’t work that way so they have no incentive to get you in the door for a minimum term.

The law will make it visible how much a company values someone with those skills. Companies won’t advertise the salary though, they will advertise the range.

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