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interrodactyl
Nov 8, 2011

you have no dignity

Zarin posted:

I dunno, should I have used a word other than "private"? Mind you, this was on the application, not even during a negotiation.

Nope, that's fine. The only thing that happens when you give up your previous salary is that the company gets negotiating leverage over you.

The reason why people claim that your first salary anchors all future salaries is because they subscribe to ideas like this.

Your skills now are worth a certain amount to the company up to a max amount, which they have no incentive to disclose. Your previous salary has no bearing on the value of your current skills.

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interrodactyl
Nov 8, 2011

you have no dignity

Baby Babbeh posted:

Sometimes giving a range works out for you. Last time I switched jobs, when asked I told them my real range+10 percent, and then they gave me the top of that range for some reason. I'm not sure if I'm good at negotiating or this company is just bad at it.

You're bad at negotiating. They were probably willing to shell out a whole lot more, but gladly gave you the price you wanted.

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