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Plasmon comments on The morality of disclosing salary requirements - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Plasmon 09 February 2015 05:57:14PM 4 points [-]

There are other options. Especially in cases where requiring this is illegal, forging such a proof may be an option. Or, answer "If I give you proof that my previous salary was X, I will precommit to only accept this job if you pay at least X + 20%".

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 10 February 2015 12:58:24PM 1 point [-]

On one occasion I have said my previous salary but I also said that I believe I was seriously underpaid at my previous job, so I want X + 100%. At the end I have received X + 70%.

I had very good references though -- my former student was a developer at that company, so when the boss invited him to the interview, he said "well, he taught me what I know" (which wasn't literally true, but made a good impression).