When I was hired 18 years ago I was given a slip of paper with the salary being offered. It was $11,000 more I was making so I played it cool and accepted. When I got in my car and drove down the street I was very very happy : )
Today there is only 1 original person left in my dept and he works in the east cost office. All the new people are now hired thru a temp agency with temp hours. I hope to retire this year as another purge is under way. So far we have had a director, his 3 bosses above him pushed out / quit, a east coast supervisor quit last August then the west coast manager quit / forced out in May.
On friday the west coast supervisor quit. He got a job with the old manager at the company that had hired him. More people were announced being let go earlier in the day from other depts. One who was there 28 years.... The supervisor just quit later that afternoon. He must have been ticked off not to give notice.
The feds should mandate that any job advertisement list the salary range. This could be sold on the basis that women tend to be lousy negotiators and it would help make up the pay disparity between males & females.