alt Hacker NewsPeople will make out hiding salaries is some grand conspiracy, but if you've ever been on the other side of hiring, people just don't know.
Would you like to have to pin your salary on your CV? Probably you are hopeful you can get as much as possible. And employers look for a deal. It works both ways.
I agree that personally I'd prefer to see the salary on the job advert. But state meddling generally leads to unexpected outcomes.
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> People will make out hiding salaries is some grand conspiracy
In the US, the National Labor Relations Act covers this situation. The NLRB says that discussing wages/salaries is a covered "labor organizing activity" and it is a violation of the NLRA to prevent employees from discussing wages.
> If you are an employee covered by the Act, you may discuss wages in face-to-face conversations, over the phone, and in written messages. Policies that specifically prohibit the discussion of wages are unlawful as are policies that chill employees from discussing their wages. When using electronic communications, like social media, keep in mind that your employer may have policies against using their equipment for unauthorized use, though it is possible such policies could be unlawful.
> You may have discussions about wages when not at work, when you are on break, and even during work if employees are permitted to have other non-work conversations. You have these rights whether or not you are represented by a union.
https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-right...
29 USC 151-169 is the NLRA:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/chapter-7/subchap...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Labor_Relations_Act_o...
NLRB:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Labor_Relations_Board
Few jobs won't have a market salary. I think for exec jobs there could be an exception here. You may want to pay one person double the other and even define different role for them. But for a welder or junior dev it should be easy to define and figure out.
>but if you've ever been on the other side of hiring, people just don't know.
I've spent my entire career on the other side of hiring and I've yet to encounter a single valid excuse for not knowing, and subsequently not advertising, a salary range. Before you hire, you need to know if you can afford to hire. If you know you can afford to hire, you know what you can afford to pay. It really is that simple.