Post #210,746
6/10/05 12:31:59 AM
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When to tell a potential employer to take their job and...
stuff it up their ass: What were your last 3 years w-2 earnings?
What are your compensation expectations? I could live with the second, but the first one is a deal breaker for me. Aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall, aleph-null bottles of beer.
You take one down, you pass it around,
Aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall!
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Post #210,764
6/10/05 4:50:04 AM
8/21/07 6:29:18 AM
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I just decline to provide the information
Explaining that they are asking the wrong question as the job they are hiring is not exactly the same as the job I did before. I point out that a better question would be - "what do you require to do the job we've described to you".
If that bugs them then I didn't want to work there anyhow.
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Post #211,357
6/15/05 5:56:40 PM
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Don't apply to work at Hertz in OK City then
they REQUIRE you to provide them with your last 3 paycheck statements. If you don't provide them, your interview process stops dead.
lincoln
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Post #211,360
6/15/05 6:45:05 PM
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anyplace that requires that I dont require them
I was looking for a job when I got this one
old cajun saying
thanx,
bill
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Post #211,367
6/15/05 7:34:33 PM
8/21/07 6:41:52 AM
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I guess we agree that I shouldn't work there then
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Post #211,376
6/15/05 9:20:11 PM
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Was this recent?
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Post #212,567
6/25/05 12:37:00 PM
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Summer 2003
lincoln
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Post #210,777
6/10/05 7:42:17 AM
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Answer, what number would you like to hear?
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Post #210,778
6/10/05 7:44:45 AM
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Sideways related story on K5:
I like Todd's response better than your opening sentence. ;-)
It sounds like your decision is made.
A story at K5, [link|http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/6/7/173458/0019|Waiting to be fired], (regarding a fellow with a job at an AT&T Wireless call center) has some useful tidbits and is an interesting read (especially some of the replies).
Very few people have an opportunity to change whatever policies are in place at a company. If a policy greatly bothers you, you (generic you) need to either accept it or get another position.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #210,782
6/10/05 8:25:27 AM
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Answer:
"I'm sorry, but that's company confidential. My employment agreements do not allow me to discuss my compensation." Which is usually the case, or at least it has been in my experience.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #211,391
6/16/05 1:51:38 AM
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That's an American thing, I think.
I haven't applied for a job for some years (woo, yay for stable employment!) but I've known people who have; they get asked about salary expectations, but not past salary.
Peter
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