🎯 Hiring! Salary Range $50,000 - $215,000
This is a real salary range in a job posting. Except that $215,000 was never and will never be the upper range.
Candidates are frustrated. They feel like it's a bait and switch.
Companies are trying to comply with pay transparency laws, but some are getting a bit too... creative.
Recruiters are often trapped in the middle. Some assume candidates are always chasing the upper limit of a band, when candidates simply want clarity.
In a tough job market where candidates are often applying to hundreds of roles, even getting a screening feels like a win. But that excitement can quickly turn into a cold shower when the position is budgeted for $95K—a far cry from the $215K upper limit.
Companies aren't necessarily trying to be misleading. Many use one band for multiple job levels, various regions, and wider bands offer flexibility.
But it's hard to argue it's an effective recruitment strategy—often increasing time to fill and cost per hire in the process.
More thoughts coming soon on bringing dignity back to the candidate experience.