I've almost always ignored job posts that don't have a salary/wage range.

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We recently did a survey that people expect companies to share the salary, but based on our data, only ~5% of job posts have salary shared 🤯

It is time we should ask companies to improve in this area, agree?

Yes. If they're only willing to share what they want out of the deal, and not what they're willing to give, they're not taking the position seriously.

I applied for a project today and it didn’t post a salary; instead it ask what I expected the salary to be…

That is the worst way to handle it becasue it typically shows:

1. The business doesn’t know the value the role they are hiring for is expected to create

2. They want to low ball you

3. They want to disqualify you based upon if your expectation of compensation is ā€œtoo highā€ in their eyes.

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None of the above is looking to hire based upon culture and aligned values.

It was disappointing for sure to see that question on the ā€œapplicationā€

Agree and thanks for sharing that. I also had several such positions which I applied and they asked me to fill my expected salary.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I didn't get back from them and not sure if I asked to much or they something else.

Probably does not even worth it to deal with such companies if you can manage that. Like in case of job shortage, could be hard to be picky.

I always put ā€œTo be discussedā€.

Why? Because 9/10 scope or what role they want me for changes during interview/negotiations.

And…I don’t make decisions about working with someone or a company based solely on #money

There have been times I’ve worked for less than I’m worth and times I’ve worked for more (not than I’m worth but comparatively for a particular function).

"To be discussed" is a great way to handle this. Usually, only during the discussion it is possible to understand what you are going to do in your role, because descriptions, especially right now are being created very broad and with the help from ChatGPT. For me, it is hard to trust 100% what it is written there 😁

I second this. There has been a lot of discussion online and offline re company must disclose salary. Technically, you are marketing the job vacancy. The same as marketing a product/services - you want to know the price. šŸ‘Œ

In Lithuania they are obligated to do that based on local laws, but I imagine it is not always easy for a company to have a single salary policy. Companies want to pay based on a country where a candidate / hire is located

It makes sense. But there is no harm having a bench mark based on the industry rate and the budget the company can afford. If you run social test on your ad you will be surprised of the difference on the enquiry. Hope it helps! šŸ¤“

Of course, appreciate for your input šŸ™