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> Which one major reason I bristle whenever the question is brought up
by
> the interviewer. I can understand the question from a small start-up
or a
> recruiter looking to take as big a slice of the money as possible, but
it
> infuriates me medium/large established companies even ask. Their
policies
> won't change, the only thing my revealing my salary can do is
guarantee
> that I get the low end of their scale.
>
> They're the ones with the fixed policies and budgets. The average
worker
> has a lot of play/flex in their requirements. Let them put their
policies
> on the table and dump the game.
>
Well, I won't deal with recruiters, so that takes that issue away. I've
been in the game long enough that I'm rarely concerned about getting
low-balled. I just want to know if there's even a reason to continue
the process or if we're wasting each other's time.
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