Employed, but have new offer: what salary information to provide for HireRight?

mattheus

Background:
I am currently employed and am valued by my company (on good terms with management and HR). However have been offered a new role at a more prestigious company:

1. Discussed salary expectations at start of interview process.
2. Went through rigorous 10 stage interview process.
3. Was given a verbal offer.
4. Was asked for my compensation history (I inflated it to be slightly bellow the lower end of my salary expectation) and other things so they could do the background checks.
5. After a month of checking they came back to me with a formal offer; salary slightly bellow my lower end of expectation.
6. The formal offer says that after I sign it (plus sign-off permission to contact current employer) they will initiate a verification process through HireRight, that will ask me to provide salary history.

Question:
Assuming I sign the offer, for HireRight, should I: (a) enter the numbers I have provided them in stage 4 or (b) provide my actual figures; why?

Marcon

mattheus said:

Background:
I am currently employed and am valued by my company (on good terms with management and HR). However have been offered a new role at a more prestigious company:

1. Discussed salary expectations at start of interview process.
2. Went through rigorous 10 stage interview process.
3. Was given a verbal offer.
4. Was asked for my compensation history (I inflated it to be slightly bellow the lower end of my salary expectation) and other things so they could do the background checks.
5. After a month of checking they came back to me with a formal offer; salary slightly bellow my lower end of expectation.
6. The formal offer says that after I sign it (plus sign-off permission to contact current employer) they will initiate a verification process through HireRight, that will ask me to provide salary history.

Question:
Assuming I sign the offer, for HireRight, should I: (a) enter the numbers I have provided them in stage 4 or (b) provide my actual figures; why?

You mean how do you avoid the potential new employer finding out you've lied? If they are going to check your salary history - and it sounds as if they will, as many employers now do - lying again isn't going to improve things.

[Deleted User]

Why lie in the first place? 

JReacher1

MarkN88 said:

Why lie in the first place? 

Seems pretty obvious...... to get a higher offer from the new company. 

[Deleted User]

JReacher1 said:

MarkN88 said:

Why lie in the first place? 

Seems pretty obvious...... to get a higher offer from the new company. 

Yes that’s the obvious answer. However, why lie knowing someone was more than likely at some point going to check this or it would be picked up on at some point. Now he risks the offer been withdrawn. 

TELLIT01

If questioned simply say that the figures you gave included overtime or other payments.  I don't see why your current, or past, salary is relevant to either an agency or future employer.  Both need to know your salary expectations / requirements nothing else.

JReacher1

MarkN88 said:

JReacher1 said:

MarkN88 said:

Why lie in the first place? 

Seems pretty obvious...... to get a higher offer from the new company. 

Yes that’s the obvious answer. However, why lie knowing someone was more than likely at some point going to check this or it would be picked up on at some point. Now he risks the offer been withdrawn. 

I don’t think people tend to check the reported salary. As long as the salary provided is reasonable for the role that person has I don’t believe companies tend to check whether the salary provided is accurate. 

Savvy_Sue

TELLIT01 said:

If questioned simply say that the figures you gave included overtime or other payments.  I don't see why your current, or past, salary is relevant to either an agency or future employer.  Both need to know your salary expectations / requirements nothing else.

 I don't know where HireRight would get their information from, but surely if it's verifiable then it would include overtime or other payments ... 

However I do agree that really all the agency / future employer need to know is your expectations / requirements. 

[Deleted User]

HireRight go through everything with a fine-tooth comb - they could ask for copies of Payslips.

oh_really

Your earnings from this and previous tax years are available to check on-line with HMRC, they may ask you to make a screen shot available then your inflated explanation may unravel nice as you like.

garmeg

oh_really said:

Your earnings from this and previous tax years are available to check on-line with HMRC, they may ask you to make a screen shot available then your inflated explanation may unravel nice as you like.

Not if he has photoshop