I loathe employers that don’t do this.

I threw caution to the wind once and went through 4 rounds of interviews (already a red flag) only to learn the job paid, at best, $50k less than current. I laughed thinking it was a joke…it wasn’t. Well, fuck off.

I also had a job tell me the range upfront, which was nice…but it was oddly large. Yup, you guessed it, the offer despite my impressive interviewing was $1k over the low end. I laughed and told them good luck on their job search.

I straight up told a job I won’t accept less than X, and after all the rigmarole, their offer was $20k under. I told them it was disingenuous of them, a waste of everyone’s time, and that I would be advising my network to never apply or work for them and hung up.

Fuck these game playing companies.

I’m hiring for a job. Pay range is 5k to 98k depending on various factors.

I don’t apply to places that do not list a range anymore. One interview I had described a mid level job position but at the end of the interview they were only willing to pay a little above entry level. They are looking for workers in high cost of living areas. Something tells me they will be looking for a long time until they get their wake up call.