[ale] recruiter salary questions

Jeff Hubbs hbbs at attbi.com
Mon Dec 2 16:30:01 EST 2002


It may be legal, and you may be able to get away with it indefintely,
but it's a colossally bad idea that, yes, can get you fired.  You'd be
better off telling the recruiter that you only discuss compensation
specifics with potential employers but that you'd like to know what
salary range has been established, if any.

- Jeff

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 15:26, Bigg Head wrote:
> anyone know the legality of inflating your salary when
> questioned by a recruiter?
> 
> So, say you are making 50k, tell a recruiter you're
> making 55k, and the company comes back with an offer
> of 60k, which you accept.
> 
> can this come back to byte u?  do companies typically
> research your pay history after hiring you?  is this
> illegal?  is it grounds for termination?
> 
> my stance is that I should be able to tell them
> anything I want...but i could be wrong as usual ;-P.
> 
> thx,
> bigg
> 
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