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> Factoring in your benefits isn't lying. But early this year I got severly
> low-balled when the company I interviewed with presumed the
> unadorned salary I quoted (which was true) included benefits, which it
> didn't.<snip>
Well, you're proving the point. They're going to *assume* something unless
you specifically talk about whether the figure includes benefits or not; in
which case adding your benefits to your salary to inflate your wages is not
going to help you. You'd be better off not naming a figure at all, which was
my point.
> I also don't think "verifying" includes saying "No, it was $80,000." That
> would be the same as answering the direct question "How much did
> you pay him?"
Okay, fine...then they would just say something like "No, that's not
accurate." How is that better?
> Humans being human, I also don't see why the person asking would just
> hang up then without saying something like "Perhaps that includes
> benefits package?"
See your point in the first paragraph. If I were the potential employer and
we had not specifically discussed whether that figure included benefits and
was told the figure you gave was incorrect, I probably wouldn't say "well,
gee, maybe they inadvertently included their total benefits without telling
me"--more likely I would think the person wasn't telling the truth (or at
least intentionally left out a big piece of information in order to inflate
their potential wages).
> Who says being a writer of fiction is of no use in this business?
> Nothing like being able to imagine complete dialog and character
> motivation. ;-)
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