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A while back, I interviewed with a company that has some fairly progressive
salary practices. They do annual adjustments to all employees to keep their
salaries inline with regional average salary changes. I forget the
technical HR term for this, but anyhow, when interviewing, they first
indicated the range they would be able to pay (42k to 56k if I recall) which
would vary based qualifications, etc.
Then, after telling me what they would be able to offer, they asked what I
was previously earning. Their logic, which they elaborated on, was fairly
simple. They would offer me what they thought was fair --an amount based on
market salary condiditons. The reason they asked to know what I was earning
previously was to be sure I wasn't going to be in a position to need more
money in the near future.
They wanted to be sure that if invested in me, that I would be able to stay
put at that salary for a while. They wanted to avoid situations where a
person with the expenses and bills of a 100k income didn't take a job at 50k
just to make ends meet, then bail as soon as a better opportunity arrived.
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