Deceptive compensation practices in tech hiring: How misleading salary ranges hurt companies and candidates
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Stegosaur
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
A critical analysis of deceptive compensation practices in tech hiring, told through the author's personal experience of being misled about salary ranges during a job interview while unemployed. The article argues that low and misleading compensation is a major vulnerability for companies, driving away talent and creating retention crises, while also highlighting the broader issue of compensation transparency and fairness in the tech industry.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledMy fourth month of unemployment. I'm fresh off an interview with a senior technical role advertised with a decent compensation range whose upper end would let me make median rent, and whose lower range would not.
At the end of an excellent interview, I am informed that said compensation range, contrary to the Base Compensation tag in the job description, is in fact all inclusive, and that the role actually tops out below the living wage threshold for a three adult household for its base compensa
Your Biggest Vulnerability is your Shitty Compensation
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