Salary question

[cleveland]

Is there anyway a company would find out or ask for proof of what your salary is at the company you presently work at? For example you exaggerate your current salary to justify getting more with new company?

 

[cleveland]

surely someone must have a opinion on this

 

[MightyFighting]

They could ask your previous employer.

 

[Leper]

Alexander Graham Bell invented a thing called a telephone.

Some people actually use it.

Prove yourself and ye shall achieve.

 

[chooke]

Is there anyway a company would find out or ask for proof of what your salary is at the company you presently work at? For example you exaggerate your current salary to justify getting more with new company?

I don't think it really matters. If they think you are worth it they will pay what you are asking - that supposedly is the free market. For an employer to try to link your salarly to your previous one or another within the industry is a form of pattern bargaining - something this govt discourages, well at least when unions try it.

 

[Armwarmer]

It depends how much you decide to exaggerate it by.

If you state a figure that is kind of doubtful, then its very possible for them to try and verify it, or simply peg you as a BS artist straight off and not accept you.

Overstating it by a few thou isn't going to get you in any trouble though, and is IMO quite common.

If their current offer is very strong though, and you really want the job but want a slight salary increase, I'd be stating practical merits for them to be giving you higher pay instead, as it won't really jeopardize the offer.

 

[manmountain]

Alexander Graham Bell invented a thing called a telephone.

Some people actually use it.

Prove yourself and ye shall achieve.

Very doubtful.

"Hi, I'm from XYZ Pty Ltd, and John Smith of your firm is currently going behind your back to get a job with us and could you please just disclose over the telephone his exact salary package, and breach your responsibilities to him under the Privacy Act, to help us ensure we don't overpay him?"



I'm sure they'd happily disclose his salary for you.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

Very doubtful.

"Hi, I'm from XYZ Pty Ltd, and John Smith of your firm is currently going behind your back to get a job with us and could you please just disclose over the telephone his exact salary package, and breach your responsibilities to him under the Privacy Act, to help us ensure we don't overpay him?"



I'm sure they'd happily disclose his salary for you.

Well said.

Don't tell them how much you make, tell them how much you want to earn. There is no way they can verify what you said.

 

[Ahwooga]

For the amount that you might reasonably exaggerate (bearing in mind that you should be getting what is essentially a market rate for whatever it is that you do) your current salary to a prospective emplyer, it hardly seems worth the effort. Having said that, I would do some research in the exact role I was involved in and make sure that my current salary, if below standard market rate, was massaged into making sure that I would get the most out of the new position, without raising suspicion.