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A comment on Ask HN: How do you politely refuse to disclose previous salary information?.

Re:Ask HN: How do you politely refuse to disclose previous s... by gesman on Monday January 19, 2015 @08:22PM (#8914999)
Tell "it's confidential according to the contract I've signed with my previous employer".

As a compromise - tell: "it's in the ballpark between A and B", where A was your actual salary and your desired salary is in between A and B.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you politely refuse to disclose previous s... by marioluigi on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:29AM (#8916280)
I would rather not give a range. Anytime you give a range for a quote (even though this is not a quote, it kind of is), the person on the other side will go with the lower value, rendering your higher value meaningless.
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