Do you ask candidates for employment about their salary in their current job?

I've always been asked what range I'm looking for

I think it's a bullshite question. Just make an offer and stop trying to low ball me.

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Do you ask candidates for employment about their salary in their current job? by baybeefeetz

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No....because it doesn't really matter to me what they are making. When I find a candidate, I offer what the position is worth plus a little wiggle room and that is pretty much where I leave it.

It’s the dumbest thing how salary discussion has become taboo during the interview process. It’s the whole reason the person is there.

It’s because of what the guy who said “don’t low ball me” was talking about. Some people have this idea that a job is worth what it’s worth and that’s that. I think it’s bullshite. Value is ... value. It’s subjective and often based on total bullshite. I find it a bit bizarre that people don’t accept that and think we can pin value for a job down. What is wrong with haggling until mutual agreement on value?

When they apply they have to put what their salary requirements are, and that lets me know if they are in the ballpark of what we can offer.

I ain’t leavin my current job for any less than $350kz.

Sometimes you're just trying to figure out if you can take advantage of someone and pay them less than they're worth.

I try to use resources like Glassdoor in order to find out what the ballpark figure should be but this can be tough since companies love creating their own names for each position.

Pretty chicken shite to play that game. If you have a position open and a need for a qualified person to fill that position and you don’t know what that position is worth to you? frick your Mickey Mouse outfit. Don’t waste my time.