I’ve had three different recruiters reach out to me this week for exciting controller opportunities that turn out to be $80k roles in high-cost-of-living cities. When I try to push back on the salary range, they just stop responding entirely without even a thanks, but no thanks. Is the market actually cooling down for mid-to-senior levels, or are recruiters just getting lazier with their outreach?

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They are getting similar response from other candidates but the firm doesnt want to pay more that’s why. Also a lot of other candidates probably just ghost them after hearing it’s only 80k

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