[driftdiver]

As an employer I ask for this information for two reasons. First to know whether I can afford you, secondly to know what you might find enticing if I decide to hire you.

As the employer I am the buyer. Lie to me or refuse to answer and I’ll go the next candidate in a heartbeat.

[fuente]

BINGO! Refuse to answer my questions and I will refuse to hire you.

[Unknowing]

You probably can’t afford me. There is more demand for my services than there is a supply of others who can do the work I perform. My clients are eager to pay me.

I’m also the buyer, as I can decline any clients who displease me. I don’t have a salary, but I bill by the hour. My hourly rate is always disclosed, but nobody sees my income. I’m a professional and I come and go as I please. Value for value on equal terms, or I withdraw.

[Responsibility2nd]

As an employer I ask for this information for two reasons. First to know whether I can afford you, secondly to know what you might find enticing if I decide to hire you.

what is the lowerst base salary I can offer this slob and get away with it.

Fixed it.

[superfries]

bingo we have a winner.

[CodeToad]

“As the employer I am the buyer.”

As the candidate I am the seller. Try to lowball me or treat me unethically and I’ll take my services where somebody isn’t trying to screw me.

[Abigail Adams]

Depends on the field...In some fields, it’s a seller’s (potential employee’s) market.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

As an employer I ask for this information for two reasons. First to know whether I can afford you, secondly to know what you might find enticing if I decide to hire you.

Asking for the expected salary is not the same as asking for the salary history.

As the article points out, the prospective employee's salary history is not the prospective employer's business.

[JCBreckenridge]

Tell me how much you currently pay your employees first. :)

[central_va]

Hr, the most hated people in the world.