Moving the goalposts - salary

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I saw a job advertised last week at a fairly large company, one vacancy they currently have out of forty six. None have salaries stated.

I applied, had a phone interview and then they arranged an interview at the company. I was told the salary (£16k) over the phone, it was less than I had hoped for but because it would be a much smaller commute I was still interested.

24 hours after they had given me an interview date they rang back and said that the salary was £2000 pounds less than they had told me. They also said that they had already interviewed people who were okay with the salary. I said that it was now too low for me to consider, a shame but I have bills to pay and the original salary was already lower than I had hoped for.

I just find it quite an odd way of going about business, ringing somebody 24 hours later and telling them the salary is £2k less. I also find not stating a salary in an advert odd, how are you meant to know if the salary is one you can live off without applying first which can be very time consuming.

I think this company is taking advantage of people by offering a very low salary and seeing what they can get away with. Probably best avoided. 8.00am-6.00pm mon-fri and some saturdays for £14k, none of which was advertised

bluenoseam

No, they found someone who unlike you doesn't have the same situation, possibly younger with less in the way of commitment and as a result willing to take £14k. They decided to then offer the job to yourself as you're possibly a more attractive candidate (experience etc.) in order to see if they could get away with it - which they're entitled to do. You rejected it stating it was too low for your personal circumstance, which again, you're entitled to do.

There's no taking advantage here, there's a company trying to get the best deal for the COMPANY, which forgive me for being a bit niave is one of the key components of success in business.

Kayalana99

It does seem awfully low if its a full time postion..my partner is on just over minimum wage and earns about £15,000 a year (although paid hourly.) Strange.

AP007

Kayalana99 wrote: »

It does seem awfully low if its a full time postion..my partner is on just over minimum wage and earns about £15,000 a year (although paid hourly.) Strange.

Not low at all. I apply for jobs paying just over £11k (NMW) they couldn't drop that any lower haha

AP007

OP maybe they were just seeing if you too would take the lower salary and like you say see how low they can go and how desperate people are

pinkshoes

A company I used to work for advertised a salary band of £32k to £40k. They always offered the lowest, claiming that they didn't have the tailored experience for the higher salary. Well DUH, unless you'd worked for the company before, or a close competitor, then that would be unlikely!

PasturesNew

It's a s0d. Single people are always competing against couples and people with benefits top ups that can afford to take the lower salaries.

You just have to move on and keep trying.

Claree__x

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's a s0d. Single people are always competing against couples and people with benefits top ups that can afford to take the lower salaries.

You just have to move on and keep trying.

Or y'know, other single people with smaller outgoings? It's all about circumstances and unfortunately some people can/will accept less money - that's the way the cookie crumbles unfortunately.

AP007

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's a s0d. Single people are always competing against couples and people with benefits top ups that can afford to take the lower salaries.

You just have to move on and keep trying.

I wouldn't say anyone can afford to take a lower salary but you may be made to take one if you are out of work etc