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Re:Ask HN: Which Employers Request Current Salary Prior/Duri... by gregcohn on Thursday November 06, 2014 @08:46PM (#8570872)
not if your current number is way above market. it's also not at all like poker in that lying is not an advisable way to try to win. (never lie about salary, or anything else, to a prospective employer.)
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Re:Ask HN: Which Employers Request Current Salary Prior/Duri... by onaclov2000 on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @02:11PM (#8625680)
One of the cases I've seen they actually wanted a copy of the pay stub. Which I found a bit frustrating.
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Re:Ask HN: Which Employers Request Current Salary Prior/Duri... by sheepmullet on Thursday November 06, 2014 @10:33PM (#8571100)
You should tell them your total comp including benefits. Don't overlook the value of benefits.

At my last job for every hour I worked over my standard 40 hours I got an extra hour of annual leave. Standard hours in my field tends to be at least 45/wk so when I switched jobs I quoted a figure that included the value of this extra leave.

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