Exaggerated current salary at interview

myself2015

Hello everybody,

I have a question to ask in the blog as I am looking for some advice.

I recently had an interview for a new job that I have now been offered. I am currently on a lower salary than the industry pays for the responsibilities I have, and worried that this would impact my new opportunity I did state that my salary is £4K more when asked by the employer.

I have now been asked to complete a form which includes my current salary as condition to secure this job I am concerned if I state the correct figure they may withdraw the offer.

Have you got any experience of a similar situation and what would you recommend? Do you know of anyone having openly discussed that they inflated their salary with the employer prior to joining the company and what the outcome was?

Many thanks for this

Wizzbang

I would take this as an opportunity to learn a very important life lesson- lying will always catch up with you. You have no choice but to come clean, if you think you want this job and face the facts that they may well choose not to employ you after this. After all, what employer wants to take on a dishonest employee?

Alternatively, you can continue lying and say that you're no longer interested in the job and hopefully get away with it scott free. However, they're bound to realise under the circumstances.

You won't do it again after this, one would hope!

culpepper

I think you should just input your current salary and if it is questioned, tell the truth, that you thought that stating your real current salary would have put them off employing you despite your knowing you can do the job ...Then if they decide that that would have been the case, they may still offer you the job anyway .

motorguy

culpepper wrote: »

I think you should just input your current salary and if it is questioned, tell the truth, that you thought that stating your real current salary would have put them off employing you despite your knowing you can do the job ...Then if they decide that that would have been the case, they may still offer you the job anyway .

I would go even simpler than that - you checked your payslip and you werent on as much as you thought.

I'd just fill in the form with the correct details and say nothing at this point and then use the above line if they query it.

Doubtful they will query it.

myself2015

Thanks everybody,

I appreciate that was not the wisest choice in view of the possible outcome.
I was just very concerned that even though I consider myself a good professional and having worked hard in life to achieve the qualifications and experience I have, having stopped working for a while to look after my family had a great impact on the salary I was offered in my current job. And as this is raised during interviews at the moment of discussing salary expectations I feared the impact of this lower-than-the-market pay would drag my salary down again.
I will have an open discussion with them as I wouldn't like this situation to go on for longer. Now I am still deciding whether it is worth waiting until I have sumitted all my paperwork or maybe talking to them before filling in any form, as they may not bother checking that the rest is all correct! I would not wait for them to spot this as I think this would look even worse.

Thank you all for your time!

threellamas

I have always exaggerated my salary when asked in interview what I currently earn. That way they have to offer you more than you are currently on when/if you are offered the job.

And most of us are definitely worth more than we get paid anyway!!

motorguy

myself2015 wrote: »

I will have an open discussion with them as I wouldn't like this situation to go on for longer.

Now I am still deciding whether it is worth waiting until I have sumitted all my paperwork or maybe talking to them before filling in any form, as they may not bother checking that the rest is all correct!

I would not wait for them to spot this as I think this would look even worse.

I think you are seriously overreacting and jeopardising your chances of actually getting the job.

Fill in the form correctly and as my father in law would say "pass no remarks". IF they query it, then say you thought you on more but you checked prior to filling in the detail.

If you REALLY MUST talk to them in advance, then definitely go for the line "i checked my payslip" rather than "i lied at interview".

Dilly

Well it depends what you call salary.
Its not just the money at the end of the month. Does your company pay into a Pension for you,? do you get healthcare? car ?etc etc
All perks are part of your package and are what you are paid

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Any update OP?

patman99

What are the chances of a potential new employer finding-out what the previous employer paid the employee?.

I'd say none. No company will disclose the salary of it's employees. Why would they ?, after all, they don't want their competitors knowing what their pay rates are do they?.

antrobus

patman99 wrote: »

What are the chances of a potential new employer finding-out what the previous employer paid the employee?.

I'd say none. No company will disclose the salary of it's employees. Why would they ?, after all, they don't want their competitors knowing what their pay rates are do they?.

The new employer will have access to the information from the employee's P45.