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Subject:In Defense of Salary History From:Alex <75140 -dot- 1064 -at- COMPUSERVE -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 11 Jun 1995 20:58:33 EDT
Chris,
While you do make a good point about salary histories that is not why most
companies want them. It has been my experience that most companies just want to
pay as little as possible and while that is their perogative, don't expect me to
give away thousands of dollars that easy.
