I’ve been pondering how misleading job descriptions can be regarding salary expectations. A role might sound great, but the pay often falls short. It’s crucial to ask the right questions in interviews! Have you ever encountered a gap between promises and reality? How did you deal with it?

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There's often a gap between promises and reality, though most of the time they're minor, more like good faith misunderstandings. I had one job where it was closer to a real bait and switch scenario. The job in reality was a lot less interesting than how it was billed. I needed the job and put up with it, but I wasn't too happy and as soon as I could I moved on.

Ive encountered plenty of bait and switch situations upon taking a new jobs and its very unfortunate that companies do this. I havent wasted any time to move on from those situations in quick order

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