Which is dumb. If you’re giving a salary range, th...
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cedric
10/01/2018, 9:56 PMWhich is dumb. If you’re giving a salary range, the only boundary that needs to be accurate is the lower one. You can pick any number for the upper, so why wouldn’t you?
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arekolek
10/02/2018, 8:06 AMBut companies have budgets, don’t they? 😉 I don’t think they have unlimited resources
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louiscad
10/02/2018, 8:22 AMA new employee can add value to the company to the point its resources increase. You don't know it when you're still looking for that employee though.
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arekolek
10/02/2018, 8:34 AMThey can add value, but would it have immediate impact on the cash the company can spend on salary? I imagine it doesn’t work so fast. Also, budget probably tries to take that increased value into account.
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louiscad
10/02/2018, 9:07 AMThat's also true. I think many companies just don't want to disclose their ceiling
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mp
10/02/2018, 3:43 PMRight; you don't want to be the one offered 140k when the listed ceiling is 500k.
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cedric
10/02/2018, 3:44 PMThat's the wrong way of looking at things
cedric
10/02/2018, 3:45 PM"Did you get what you think your value is?" should be the only driving factor
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mp
10/02/2018, 3:47 PMYes, I'm just saying that nobody likes to be told they're not "top of the line" from an emotional level.
mp
10/02/2018, 3:47 PMEveryone knows there are multiple rungs on the ladder, but usually people aren't told "this is what you COULD have gotten if you were more awesome"
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