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steanne on July 22, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Norway, where no salaries are secret

because of the disparity, not the information itself. if you (and everyone else applying for the job) give that info to a recruiter, the recruiter has and can act on all the info, but everyone else only has their one bit.

notahacker on July 22, 2017 [–]

What use is the additional information when the employer offers you your existing salary plus 10% when they were willing to pay more?

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