JOB OFFERI have been interviewd couple of times with this company and now, I have been asked to show past w2 and pay slip, before offer is made, if they want to give me same salary what i am currently making why i would leave my current job, If i tell them, i am leaving my present job because i am too much underpaid , they will not hire me ... First of all, in my almost 30 year career, I have never, ever been asked to produce a W2 and pay slip by a prospective employer. And if I had, I would have politely refused to do it. I would tell them, "My current salary expectations are xxx to xxx (I give a range of about $3,000)", and leave it at that. My feeling is if they ask for a salary history (what you made on your last jobs, and what you are making on your current job), I do give it to them with my resume, but I expect them to take me at my word, and trust what I am telling them. I think requiring those papers shows a lack of trust in candidates, and I won' t stoop to that level. This doesn't mean they're planning to offer you the same as what you were making, probably just trying to verify whatever it was that you put down as salary in your last few jobs. Hopefully by this point salary has been discussed, and you have told them your requirements, or they have told you what the job pays, and there is some common ground. If this discussion hasn't taken place yet, when it does, just tell them what you're expecting the salary range to be, based on this job's requirements and how well you meet them. And it seems a lot of employers are asking for this these days. I've never been asked to provide one, but if I wanted the job and it was a condition before they would make an offer, I'd provide it. It's not personal that they want to verify the info--apparently job seekers commonly lie about their previous salaries, and since they don't know you from a hill of beans, they don't know that you are trustworthy and an upstanding person! How could they? Short answer, if you want the job, give 'em the W-2. If you don't care, then don't.
Asking a candidate to verify his or her current salary is a very common practice, despite what others may have experienced, by employers who want to help insure they' re not hiring a liar. If you were honest on your job application about your most recent salary, or salary history, what' s the big deal about producing proof that you' re honest? The sad truth is that between 30% and 40% of all job seekers are not honest about some aspect of their employment history. Employers check academic credentials, verify employment, confirm any licenses claimed, and many other factors to insure that candidate are who they claim to be. Trust is a wonderful thing and the world would be a far better place if everyone was honest. The sad truth is it simply isn' t so. You can always decline to provide verification of your salary, but the employer can also decline to offer you a job if you don' t. If you were honest on your job applications or resume about most recent salary, proving you were being honest shouldn' t' t be a big deal! If someone is making 20k per year , will you hire him for 75k job, ??? After 8 interviews and looking at his resume you think he is qualified for the 75k job, but you want to verify that he should be making 70k based on his experience and qualifications, if not then he seems to be qualified for the job but since he is not making 70 k , we will not offer him this job. this is the question,
Always save your ending pay stub from all previous positions, all offer letters, and all total compensation package statements, along with W-2's and always be prepared to provide them. I know of several companies that friends have told me about which required that you show up on the first day of the position with your former pay stub form your last employer, and if you lied, you get let go. Due to changes in laws about what you can say about a past employee, new employers have to rely on other means like credit checks, background checks, W-2's to confirm past earnings. Obviously your current employer has underestimated your worth and you are looking for a pay increase. There should not be an expectation on the part of the new employer that you would be open to a lateral moves, especially if you are vested, r have earned more than two week sof vacation etc., As you said, what would the motivation to leave be? I've actually had to "downplay" my salary in the past in order to get a job. During the dot com days salaries were very high and when people see such a high previous salary when they are offering say 10-15k less than you typically make they are convinced you will not stay..."overqualified"...
Another reason employers look at previous earnings is to see if there' s a correlation between earnings and responsibilities over time. One of the major reasons why most people look for other job opportunities is to increase their earnings. Normally, when you look at someone' s work history, you see an upward movement both in terms of responsibilities and earnings - because the two things ordinarily go hand-in-hand - not always, but ordinarily. There clearly are situations where someone is grossly underpaid when one looks at their responsibilities, achievements, contributions, and overall job performance - so it' s possible that somebody could go from $20K to $50K - if their accomplishments and qualifications are a perfect match for the job the employer wants to fill. It usually doesn' t happen that way, but it' s not impossible. If you' ll allow a silly analogy, not many of us skip from 3rd grade to 12th grade in one move, most of us work our way up the education ladder one rung at a time. The same is true with career growth, but there are exceptions, as when an occasional prodigy comes along. | |
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