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Discussion on: 5 Salary Negotiation Rules for Software Developers. Get +20% On Top of Your Market Rate

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Beeblebrox

In Europe is often just impossible not to state your salary expectation for new position at the beginning (basically during introduction talk with recruiter or next talk). I say impossible because they simply ask you and if you try to work around it without saying you will just be dismissed and they will not spend time with you, knowing that majority of candidates will just say it.

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marinbenc🐧

Which is probably how it should be. A company does not have infinite money, so there's no point in wasting your or their time by going trough the interview and then being refused in the end.

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Beeblebrox

Wrong, it shouldn't be like that at all.
They could offer salary range and not ask for it, but they choose to keep silent and force candidate to get into weaker position so they spend as little as possible. Difference is obvious.