Why don't companies show salaries when posting jobs?

Stylehutz

I hate in when they dont want to mention salary at all and expect the candidate to make the first move. Thats fine by me as I believe it strengthens my position if offered the job

DontBringBertie

BillTrac wrote: »

The job I am in now I was head-hunted for. They never said what the salary was. I was asked for my expectations and added quite a few grand on top of my existing salary. I wasn't too fussed about what they paid as I didn't have to leave where I was but wanted to. Too low and I'd stay where I was.

When I received the job offer it was ANOTHER £6k over what I'd asked for.

Nearly under-sold myself big time.

#HumbleBrag

BillTrac

#notsorry[grin]

System

I think it's false economy for companies not to for a number of reasons.



I personally wouldn't apply for a job without the salary posted, because I feel that personal time is way to valuable to even consider wasting energy on an application and interview. Anybody that can add real value to a company wouldn't apply for these energy vampires so really, they're probably getting mediocre applicants.


They are hiding their crapola salary. Says it all. If the position was good with good pay, don't you think they'd be proud of the offer and use to entice the cream of the crop. Of course they would, but they can't because the offer is pants.


They hope to hook you in and then get you, as an applicant, to chip your own potential salary down by asking how much you are on now and how much you want.

Tenfourburt

Hi.

In my experience it is so that internal staff do not see the rates, especially those who are held back, have less holidays.

The recruiter doesn't even say the company name

JackeeBoy

Thanks all for the replies. I've personally been in a situation where I've been promoted, accepted a £25k salary only to find out that external recruits were being paid £35k minimum!

I think the best way to do it is to be open on the application and somewhat open internally as well. Where I work now, there are certain seniority levels and the salary ranges are posted on the website.

General_Grant

I was interested in a job a couple of weeks ago but no salary was indicated. They were offering to teach someone if they didn't have the experience - so basically could be an entry level job but actually also a qualified person would not take their time and expense to train.

So I asked for their salary expectations. No reply. So I don't waste my time in customising an application, or any application. Fine for them if they find someone who is willing to go through those hoops but they are still advertising.

Guerillatoker

They will pay applicants differently dependant on how much they want to employ them, so this gives them room to manoeuvre.

Or the pay is crap and they don't want you to know. Especially if they're a sales type job with bonuses.

phill99

Because the salary will be so low that no one will apply for the job.

Doshwaster

phill99 wrote: »

Because the salary will be so low that no one will apply for the job.

Not necessarily. Professional level jobs (pay typically £40-60k) almost never have the salaries in the advert as the pay will depend on the quality and experience of the applicants as well as their negotiating skills.