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AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: Grasshopper on December 03, 2008, 05:50:40 pm ---In the UK it’s common practise for companies to ask what your current salary is on their application form. It’s always irritated the hell out of me and you’re right it does put the employee at a significant disadvantage. It ought to be illegal to ask the question but AFAIK it’s not. You’re not obliged to give that information but it could potentially count against you if you don’t.

What’s doubly irritating is that companies are generally very coy about what salary they’re offering. You rarely see a figure stated in job adverts these days.


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I've been job hunting lately and it seems to be pretty much the same as that in the US.

Singapura:
I don't know about your problems with Webster Pinballjim. Maybe you couldn't get in but the fact is that I don't care. You're calling me a liar and when I prove you wrong, you start making up excuses to "prove" you're right. Maybe Texas doesn't recognise the degree but if they recognise a degree from a certain president, bought for him by his daddy, all the best to them. The rest of the world seems more sensible.


--- Quote ---In the UK it’s common practise for companies to ask what your current salary is on their application form. It’s always irritated the hell out of me and you’re right it does put the employee at a significant disadvantage. It ought to be illegal to ask the question but AFAIK it’s not. You’re not obliged to give that information but it could potentially count against you if you don’t.
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Singapore is very UK oriented, so maybe that's where the practice came from. In The Netherlands it is unheard of as far as I know. The strange thing is that here I'm contractually forbidden to discuss my salary with my colleagues but have to disclose it to a prospective employer before negotiations even begin. They seem to make a big problem if you misstate your salary and they find out about it. A colleague from another department almost got fired because of that.

Level42:

--- Quote from: orion on December 03, 2008, 04:50:54 pm ---
"Public employees (State and Federal) don't enjoy those kinds of "protections"."

That's true I am a state employee and everyone earning more than a certain dollar amount gets their name and their salary posted on a website for all the world and their co workers who make less than that to see..... doesn't do a whole hell of a lot for moral in my opinion.

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Got a link for that ? I'm curious :)

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: Level42 on December 04, 2008, 10:28:23 am ---
--- Quote from: orion on December 03, 2008, 04:50:54 pm ---
"Public employees (State and Federal) don't enjoy those kinds of "protections"."

That's true I am a state employee and everyone earning more than a certain dollar amount gets their name and their salary posted on a website for all the world and their co workers who make less than that to see..... doesn't do a whole hell of a lot for moral in my opinion.

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Got a link for that ? I'm curious :)

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For California, the best place is the Sacramento Bee. I take back what I said about the pay ranges, it was like that when I hired on, now they have the exact or near exact amount, right down to overtime pay. Last I heard, the Union was fighting tooth and claw against the Bee publicly publishing individual earnings. I guess some people are using the information against specific individuals.  :dunno

At least people like me can see how pathetic our earnings are compared to our peers.

orion:

--- Quote from: Level42 on December 04, 2008, 10:28:23 am ---
--- Quote from: orion on December 03, 2008, 04:50:54 pm ---
"Public employees (State and Federal) don't enjoy those kinds of "protections"."

That's true I am a state employee and everyone earning more than a certain dollar amount gets their name and their salary posted on a website for all the world and their co workers who make less than that to see..... doesn't do a whole hell of a lot for moral in my opinion.

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Got a link for that ? I'm curious :)

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Here you go sir, the state of South Carolina employee salary database. What I think is funny is seeing how much more coaches make than the president's of university's. Steve Spurrier's salary is on here somewhere.

http://www.thestate.com/politics/story/17442.html

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